Most of Coldbrook Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Coldbrook Township has 22 jobs for 167 working residents. Hardly any work in Coldbrook Township; the top destination outside it is Galesburg (19%, 6 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Coldbrook Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 167 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Coldbrook Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 towns that employ Coldbrook Township’s residents
Where Coldbrook Township clocks in
19% of workers
17% 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 Coldbrook Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coldbrook Township, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 22. 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 Coldbrook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes to work from Coldbrook Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coldbrook Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 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.
Coldbrook Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
Work in the towns next to Coldbrook Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coldbrook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldbrook Township | – | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Floyd Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Monmouth Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Galesburg Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Kelly Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Floyd Township, Galesburg Township and Kelly Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Monmouth Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coldbrook 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 Coldbrook Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Coldbrook Township?
47.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coldbrook Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coldbrook Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Galesburg (19%, 6 mi), Monmouth (17%, 8 mi), Peoria (5%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coldbrook 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 Coldbrook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coldbrook 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.