With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of West Brow works elsewhere
West Brow grades D for walkability. Employers in West Brow report 30 jobs for 296 working residents. Hardly any work in West Brow; the top destination outside it is Chattanooga (30%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: West Brow in brief
Many West Brow workers cross into Tennessee
60% of West Brow workers work outside Georgia, most of them in Tennessee, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
West Brow is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in West Brow, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday West Brow has about 780 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of West Brow works in Chattanooga
90 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Chattanooga, TN, 14 miles away. That’s 30 times as many as work in West Brow itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of West Brow: the destinations
Where West Brow clocks in
30% 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.
In and out of West Brow on a workday
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in West Brow on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 43% of West Brow’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Brow, 2014 → 2024: 28 → 30. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Brow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 38 minutes in West Brow
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Brow workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 516 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
How far West Brow’s workers travel
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of West Brow, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, West Brow is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place West Brow 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 585 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of West Brow households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of West Brow’s commuters take a bus or train.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 West Brow: questions
What is the poverty rate in West Brow?
5.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Brow?
38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Brow work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chattanooga (30%, 14 mi), Trenton (12%, 6 mi), LaFayette (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is West Brow walkable?
West Brow is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Brow 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 West Brow, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Brow
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.