Work & commute · Brighton

Work & commute in Brighton, IL

Most working residents leave Brighton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alton (11%), St. Louis (6%) and Edwardsville (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,045 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 1,019 Brighton residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brighton.

1,019live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brighton goes to work

Alton9.5 mi away

11%115

St. Louis, MO28.6 mi away

6%59

Edwardsville19.1 mi away

4%44

Godfrey7.5 mi away

4%40

East Alton10.9 mi away

3%34

Springfield58.2 mi away

3%30

Brighton (in town)right here

2%26

Wood River12.7 mi away

2%26

Carlinville21.6 mi away

2%21

Roxana15.9 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%629

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.

18%

38%

25%

19%

18%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brighton is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brighton are

264 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

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Brighton residents hold

1,045 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−4%

Jobs based in Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 264. 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.