Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Brookville Township works elsewhere
Employers in Brookville Township report 4 jobs for 96 working residents. Hardly any work in Brookville Township; the top destination outside it is Freeport (18%, 15 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brookville Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Brookville Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Commuting out of Brookville Township: the destinations
Where Brookville Township clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookville Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 4. 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 Brookville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Brookville Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookville Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 0% 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 distance from Brookville Township to work
About 26% 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.
Brookville Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $59,545 |
| Rock Creek-Lima Township | under 3% | C | B+ | 25 min | $68,056 |
| Lincoln Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Eagle Point Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln Township and Eagle Point Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brookville 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 Brookville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brookville Township?
$59,545 (±$53,784) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookville Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookville Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookville Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Freeport (18%, 15 mi), Rockford (8%, 33 mi), Forreston (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brookville Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookville 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.