Work & commute · Brussels

Work & commute in Brussels, IL

Most working residents leave Brussels for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hardin (8%), Jerseyville (5%) and St. Louis (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 72 Brussels residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brussels.

72live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brussels goes to work

Hardin14.7 mi away

8%6

Jerseyville18.3 mi away

5%4

St. Louis, MO28.5 mi away

5%4

Brussels (in town)right here

4%3

East Alton26.2 mi away

4%3

Creve Coeur, MO21.3 mi away

4%3

Alton23.7 mi away

3%2

Edwardsville34.1 mi away

3%2

Overland, MO21.1 mi away

3%2

St. Charles, MO11.3 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%44

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

How far

How far Brussels commutes

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

48%

29%

15%

8%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brussels is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brussels are

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

Jobs based in Brussels

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Brussels residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−41%

Jobs based in Brussels, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 61. 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.