Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0Brookridge has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Brookridge C; getting around on foot earns it C−. Brookridge has 407 jobs, against 1,598 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Brookridge in brief
Brookridge is a place people come home to
There are 407 jobs based in Brookridge, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Brookridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
How Brookridge earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brookridge is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #488 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds Brookridge’s grade up (8.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($53,989, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brookridge could be anywhere from C− to B+.
In and out of Brookridge on a workday
On a workday 1,538 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Brookridge on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 from Brookridge: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,088 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
9% of working residents work in Spring Hill
Where Brookridge clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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 Brookridge’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookridge, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 407. 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 Brookridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Brookridge
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.
Brookridge is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brookridge is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #610 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,172 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.2% of Brookridge households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brookridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600, Brookridge ranks 2,752nd of 3,840 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,750 | California MO | 4,523 | $64K | 11.6% | 4.5% | 21% | C |
| 2,751 | Williamsport Township KS | 4,334 | $56K | 22.3% | 3.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,752 | Brookridge FL | 4,923 | $54K | 8.1% | 6.3% | 4% | C |
| 2,753 | Chattanooga Valley GA | 4,601 | $53K | 31.0% | 0.7% | 1% | C |
| 2,754 | North Hobbs NM | 6,034 | $83K | 12.8% | 6.1% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Brookridge, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 12% of Brookridge
The biggest share goes to Spring Hill (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookridge | – | C | C− | 34 min | $53,989 |
| High Point | 3% | C | C+ | 20 min | $49,368 |
| Spring Hill | 9% | C+ | B+ | 30 min | $68,432 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brookridge’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 Brookridge: questions
What is the median household income in Brookridge?
$53,989 (±$12,777) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookridge?
8.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookridge?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookridge work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spring Hill (9%, 5 mi), Tampa (8%, 40 mi), Brooksville (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brookridge walkable?
Brookridge is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brookridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookridge
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.