Work & commute · Brownstown

Work & commute in Brownstown, IL

Most working residents leave Brownstown for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Vandalia (15%), St. Elmo (10%) and Effingham (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 305 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 284 Brownstown residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownstown.

284live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownstown goes to work

Vandalia8.5 mi away

15%45

St. Elmo5.9 mi away

10%29

Effingham23.4 mi away

7%22

Brownstown (in town)right here

7%21

Springfield66.2 mi away

4%11

Greenville24.5 mi away

3%9

Altamont12 mi away

3%8

Salem25.3 mi away

3%8

Hillsboro30.4 mi away

3%8

Shelbyville29.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%138

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

How far

How far Brownstown commutes

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

34%

16%

21%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownstown is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownstown are

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

Jobs based in Brownstown

209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Brownstown residents hold

305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+11%

Jobs based in Brownstown, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 209. 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.