With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Brushy Mound Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 35 jobs are based in Brushy Mound Township, and 258 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Brushy Mound Township itself; outside it, Carlinville draws the most (19%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Brushy Mound Township
Brushy Mound Township is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Brushy Mound Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brushy Mound Township has about 420 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Brushy Mound Township and Carlinville trade workers both ways
Carlinville is the top workplace for Brushy Mound Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Brushy Mound Township come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Brushy Mound Township workers work from home
Only 0% 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 258 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Brushy Mound Township by day and by night
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Brushy Mound Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Brushy Mound Township: the destinations
Where Brushy Mound Township clocks in
19% of workers
13% 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 daily trip from Brushy Mound Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brushy Mound Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 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.
Goods, not services: 46% of the jobs in Brushy Mound Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brushy Mound Township, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 35. 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 Brushy Mound Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Brushy Mound Township works
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.
Next door to Brushy Mound Township
The biggest share goes to Carlinville Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brushy Mound Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Mound Township | – | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Polk Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Carlinville Township | 5% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Honey Point Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Gillespie Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Polk Township and Honey Point Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Carlinville Township and Gillespie Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brushy Mound 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 Brushy Mound Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Brushy Mound Township?
8.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brushy Mound Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brushy Mound Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carlinville (19%, 4 mi), Springfield (13%, 41 mi), Carlinville Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brushy Mound 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 Brushy Mound Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brushy Mound 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.