With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Challenge-Brownsville works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Challenge-Brownsville; the top destination outside it is Grass Valley (6%, 20 miles). Challenge-Brownsville has 89 jobs for 323 working residents. Home is the office for 4% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Challenge-Brownsville apart
A big share show a job far from home
51% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Challenge-Brownsville is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Challenge-Brownsville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Challenge-Brownsville has about 650 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Challenge-Brownsville workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. 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 323 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Challenge-Brownsville
About 51% 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.
Who works in Challenge-Brownsville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 314 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Challenge-Brownsville on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Working from home in Challenge-Brownsville
of Challenge-Brownsville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Challenge-Brownsville: the destinations
Where Challenge-Brownsville clocks in
6% 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.
Jobs in Challenge-Brownsville: what the 89 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Challenge-Brownsville, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 89. 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 Challenge-Brownsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Challenge-Brownsville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Challenge-Brownsville?
21.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Challenge-Brownsville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grass Valley (6%, 20 mi), Sacramento (5%, 63 mi), San Francisco (5%, 133 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Challenge-Brownsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Challenge-Brownsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Challenge-Brownsville
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.