Brighton Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Brighton Township report 325 jobs; 1,741 of its residents have a job. Brighton Township grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brighton Township and work: the main findings
Why Brighton Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brighton Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #320 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brighton Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
In and out of Brighton Township on a workday
On a workday 1,676 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Brighton Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
10% of working residents work in Alton
Where Brighton Township clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Brighton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brighton Township, 2013 → 2023: 359 → 325. 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 Brighton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Brighton Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brighton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,633 commuters (the 8% 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 Brighton Township, by distance
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Brighton Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brighton Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #510 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,779 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). 3.5% of Brighton Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Brighton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Brighton Township is 1,183rd of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 12 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,181 | El Verano CA | 3,443 | $124K | 3.1% | 6.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,182 | Bunker Hill Township IL | 3,086 | $104K | 6.1% | 3.6% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,183 | Brighton Township IL | 3,826 | $92K | 7.7% | 2.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,184 | Johnson Township IN | 3,661 | $84K | 7.1% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,185 | Canaan Township OH | 5,185 | $76K | 8.3% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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 Brighton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Brighton Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brighton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Township | – | B+ | B− | 32 min | $91,667 |
| Foster Township | under 3% | B | D | 27 min | $110,625 |
| Bunker Hill Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 32 min | $104,167 |
| Piasa Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 32 min | $90,347 |
| Shipman Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $98,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brighton 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 Brighton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brighton Township?
$91,667 (±$21,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brighton Township?
7.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brighton Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brighton Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alton (10%, 10 mi), Edwardsville (5%, 18 mi), St. Louis (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brighton Township walkable?
Brighton Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brighton Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brighton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brighton 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.