Work & commute · Brooklyn

Work & commute in Brooklyn, IL

Most working residents leave Brooklyn for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Sterling (14%), Rushville (10%) and Mound Station (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 42 Brooklyn residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brooklyn.

42live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brooklyn goes to work

Mount Sterling17.4 mi away

14%6

Rushville12 mi away

10%4

Mound Station17.4 mi away

7%3

Macomb16.4 mi away

7%3

Bowen17.3 mi away

5%2

Aledo66.5 mi away

5%2

Carbondale191.8 mi away

5%2

Vermont18.9 mi away

5%2

Roseville34.4 mi away

2%1

Griggsville36.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%16

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

How far

How far Brooklyn commutes

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

50%

21%

24%

5%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brooklyn is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brooklyn are

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

Jobs based in Brooklyn

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Brooklyn residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

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.