Work & commute · Brighton

Work & commute in Brighton, IL

Most working residents leave Brighton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Alton (10%), Edwardsville (5%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 1,741 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,676 Brighton residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brighton.

1,676live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brighton goes to work

Alton10.3 mi away

10%181

Edwardsville18.5 mi away

5%94

St. Louis, MO29.5 mi away

5%88

Godfrey9.4 mi away

4%66

Brighton2.5 mi away

3%55

East Alton11.2 mi away

3%51

Springfield56.8 mi away

3%47

Roxana15.7 mi away

2%37

Wood River12.6 mi away

2%37

Jerseyville13.4 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,049

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Brighton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

20%

37%

23%

21%

20%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brighton is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brighton are

325 jobs are based in Brighton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brighton

325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Brighton residents hold

1,741 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−9%

Jobs based in Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 359 → 325. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.