With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Brenton Township works elsewhere
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois. Employers in Brenton Township report 172 jobs, and 361 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in Brenton Township itself; outside it, Piper City draws the most (6%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Brenton Township, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Brenton Township averages 31 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (21 to 27 minutes). Next door ↓
Few Brenton Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 361 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Brenton Township
About 34% 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.
About 31 minutes each way for Brenton Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brenton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 357 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who commutes out of Brenton Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 334 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Brenton Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Brenton Township commutes to
Where Brenton Township clocks in
4% 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.
What Brenton Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brenton Township, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 172. 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 Brenton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How Brenton Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brenton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenton Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $44,375 |
| Pella Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Lyman Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chatsworth Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pella Township and Lyman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Chatsworth Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brenton 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 Brenton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brenton Township?
$44,375 (±$8,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brenton Township?
16.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brenton Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brenton Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Piper City (6%, 3 mi), Kankakee (4%, 31 mi), Chicago (4%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brenton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brenton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brenton 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.