Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5There are 3.0 jobs in Brooksville for every working resident, and 9,640 people commute in
Brooksville has 10,157 jobs, against 3,415 working residents. Jobs and income earn Brooksville D; getting around on foot earns it A. Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brooksville stands out on work
Brooksville is where the jobs are
Brooksville has 10,157 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 17,000 people are in town, 66% more than the 10,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Brooksville’s commute
The biggest draw, Spring Hill, gets only 8% of working residents, and 58% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Brooksville residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Brooksville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Brooksville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brooksville is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #597 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Brooksville’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brooksville could be anywhere from D to B−.
Brooksville by day and by night
On a workday 2,898 residents head out to work and 517 work right here.
About 17,000 people are in Brooksville on a workday afternoon, 66% more than live here.
3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Brooksville live
Where Brooksville clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
2% 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.
Brooksville’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooksville workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,247 commuters (the 12% 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.
The kinds of work in Brooksville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooksville, 2013 → 2023: 9,005 → 10,157. 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 Brooksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brooksville
About 26% 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.
Brooksville is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brooksville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #106 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Brooksville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,698 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 11.6% of Brooksville households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Brooksville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brooksville next to U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,614 | Chanute KS | 8,584 | $51K | 17.3% | 5.2% | 52% | D |
| 2,615 | Guadalupe CA | 8,846 | $67K | 27.7% | 14.4% | 7% | D |
| 2,616 | Brooksville FL | 10,145 | $55K | 19.7% | 7.3% | 15% | D |
| 2,617 | Florence OR | 9,468 | $53K | 10.3% | 6.6% | 42% | D |
| 2,618 | Albion NY | 7,546 | $50K | 17.7% | 6.9% | 19% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Brooksville, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Brooksville and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brooksville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville | – | D | A | 35 min | $54,926 |
| South Brooksville | under 2% | C− | B | 32 min | $61,196 |
| North Brooksville | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $78,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brooksville’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 Brooksville: questions
What is the median household income in Brooksville?
$54,926 (±$8,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooksville?
19.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooksville?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooksville work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spring Hill (8%, 8 mi), Tampa (8%, 38 mi), Orlando (2%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brooksville walkable?
Brooksville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brooksville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 16% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooksville
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.