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Jobs & commute in Browning

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Browning works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Browning itself; outside it, Rushville draws the most (32%, 10 miles). There are 1 jobs in Browning, against 60 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Browning

On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

60live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday53
110live here− 60head out to work+ 1come in to work= 53on a workday

About 53 people are in Browning on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Browning: the destinations

BrowningVirginia: 1 residents work here (2%)Mount Sterling: 9 residents work here (15%)Colchester: 1 residents work here (2%)Rushville: 19 residents work here (32%)Lewistown: 1 residents work here (2%)Beardstown: 2 residents work here (3%)Pittsfield: 1 residents work here (2%)Macomb: 3 residents work here (5%)Springfield: 5 residents work here (8%)Bainbridge TownshipBroadwell Township: 2 residents work here (3%)RushvilleMount SterlingSpringfieldMacombBeardstownBroadwell TownshipBrowning
1
Rushville10.2 mi away
32%19
2
Mount Sterling22.9 mi away
15%9
3
Springfield45 mi away
8%5
4
Macomb28.8 mi away
5%3
5
Beardstown8.6 mi away
3%2
6
Broadwell Township49.7 mi away
3%2
7
Virginia14.8 mi away
2%1
8
Colchester30.2 mi away
2%1
9
Lewistown21.9 mi away
2%1
10
Pittsfield43.1 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%16
The top trips

Where Browning clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Browning

Jobs based in BrowningJobs Browning residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%15%
Trade, transport & utilities0%35%
Services: health, schools, offices100%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%25%
Over $3,333 a month0%60%

Who does it

29 or younger0%10%
30 to 540%52%
55 and older100%38%

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 Browning’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Browning’s commute takes about 27 minutes

A year of commuting
203 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Browning27 min
Illinois28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Browning workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Browning gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 44 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Browning

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miRushville: 32% · 10.2 miMount Sterling: 15% · 22.9 miSpringfield: 8% · 45 miMacomb: 5% · 28.8 miBeardstown: 3% · 8.6 miBroadwell Township: 3% · 49.7 miVirginia: 2% · 14.8 miColchester: 2% · 30.2 miLewistown: 2% · 21.9 miPittsfield: 2% · 43.1 miRushville 32%Mount Sterling 15%Springfield 8%Macomb 5%Beardstown 3%Browning
BrowningTop destinations (size = commuters)
28%Under 10 mi17 residents
32%10–24 mi19 residents
18%25–50 mi11 residents
22%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 22% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Browning: questions

What is the poverty rate in Browning?

4.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Browning?

27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Browning work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rushville (32%, 10 mi), Mount Sterling (15%, 23 mi), Springfield (8%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Browning 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 Browning, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Browning

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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.