Work & commute · Browning

Work & commute in Browning, IL

Most working residents leave Browning for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (12%), Benton (11%) and Marion (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 927 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 884 Browning residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 786 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Browning.

884live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

786work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Browning goes to work

Mount Vernon22.3 mi away

12%113

Benton4.1 mi away

11%98

Marion18.3 mi away

8%76

Carbondale22.9 mi away

5%49

Christopher3.9 mi away

5%46

Herrin13.9 mi away

3%27

Browning (in town)right here

3%24

Springfield128.9 mi away

2%21

Du Quoin13.3 mi away

2%19

Ina11.5 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%436

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

How far

How far Browning commutes

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

30%

40%

11%

19%

30%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Browning is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Browning are

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

Jobs based in Browning

829 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Browning residents hold

927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+11%

Jobs based in Browning, 2013 → 2023: 744 → 829. 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.