Work & commute · Brocton

Work & commute in Brocton, IL

Most working residents leave Brocton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (26%), Charleston (7%) and Champaign (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 92 Brocton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brocton.

92live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brocton goes to work

Paris14.7 mi away

26%24

Charleston20.6 mi away

7%7

Champaign32.9 mi away

7%7

Tuscola19 mi away

3%3

Mattoon28.1 mi away

3%3

Young America9.4 mi away

3%3

Honey Creek, IN35.8 mi away

3%3

Brocton (in town)right here

2%2

Newman6.3 mi away

2%2

Chrisman15.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%38

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

How far

How far Brocton commutes

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

10%

46%

29%

16%

10%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brocton is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brocton are

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

Jobs based in Brocton

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less55%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Brocton residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−45%

Jobs based in Brocton, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 11. 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.