Photo: Asteve77767 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Breese Township have higher incomes than those in 65% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Breese Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). 3.6% of residents live below the poverty line; Illinois has 11.8%. About one in four work in Breese Township; the top destination outside it is Breese (20%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Breese Township in brief
Breese Township trades workers with the towns around it
Breese Township has about as many jobs (2,801) as working residents (2,663), but they are mostly different people: 2,030 residents leave for work each day while 2,168 people come in. Only 23% of the jobs in Breese Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Breese Township and Breese trade workers both ways
Breese is the top workplace for Breese Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Breese Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Breese Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Breese Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Breese Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
A workday in Breese Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,030 residents head out to work, 633 work right here, and 2,168 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Breese Township ends
Where Breese Township clocks in
20% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Breese Township: what the 2,801 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Breese Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,036 → 2,801. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Breese Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Breese Township: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Breese Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,334 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Breese Township, by distance
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Breese Township is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,939 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of Breese Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Breese Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Breese Township ranks: 1,130th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
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| 37 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 78 | Grandwood Park IL | 5,262 | $127K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,128 | Stockbridge Township MI | 3,998 | $80K | 5.9% | 2.6% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,129 | Gateway AK | 6,845 | $138K | 4.5% | 3.8% | — | B+ |
| 1,130 | Breese Township IL | 5,521 | $87K | 3.6% | 4.1% | 24% | B+ |
| 1,131 | Barr Township IN | 5,404 | $93K | 7.4% | 0.3% | 20% | B+ |
| 1,132 | Vernon Township MI | 4,296 | $64K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Breese Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Breese Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Breese Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breese Township | – | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $87,194 |
| Wade Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $64,191 |
| Sugar Creek Township | under 2% | A− | B | 27 min | $102,723 |
| Germantown Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 29 min | $96,806 |
| St. Rose Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $107,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Breese Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Breese Township: questions
What is the median household income in Breese Township?
$87,194 (±$14,599) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Breese Township?
3.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Breese Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Breese Township work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Breese (20%, 1 mi), Highland (5%, 14 mi), St. Louis (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Breese Township walkable?
Breese Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Breese Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Breese Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Breese Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.