Browning Township has lower household incomes than 84% of U.S. towns
4% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%. The poverty rate is 14.1%; Illinois has 11.8%. For jobs and income Browning Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Browning Township at work: what stands out
Stores, warehouses and trucking
59% of the jobs in Browning Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Browning Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Browning Township is Mount Vernon, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (113) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Browning Township
53% of Browning Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 26% of the jobs based in Browning Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 927 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Browning Township: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Browning Township’s grade up (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,125, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Browning Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Browning Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
The 829 jobs based in Browning Township
829 jobs are based in Browning Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Browning Township, 2013 → 2023: 744 → 829. 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 Browning Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Browning Township works
About 19% 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 commutes out of Browning Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 884 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 786 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Browning Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
The daily trip from Browning Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Browning Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 759 commuters (the 4% 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.
The commute in Browning Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 789 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). 4.1% of Browning Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Browning Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Browning Township places 4,167th of 5,552 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,165 | Pahala HI | 1,768 | $72K | 11.3% | 12.7% | 0% | C− |
| 4,166 | Tahoka TX | 2,533 | $62K | 18.3% | 5.9% | 20% | C− |
| 4,167 | Browning Township IL | 2,353 | $53K | 14.1% | 2.5% | 5% | C− |
| 4,168 | Barre NY | 1,797 | $74K | 23.4% | 5.2% | 5% | C− |
| 4,169 | Bon Secour AL | 2,789 | $61K | 17.7% | 5.0% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Browning Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Browning Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Browning Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browning Township | – | C− | C | 22 min | $53,125 |
| Benton Township | under 2% | C− | B | 24 min | $55,610 |
| Barren Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Tyrone Township | under 2% | D | C | 27 min | $50,878 |
| Denning Township | under 2% | D | B | 24 min | $52,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Barren Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Browning 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 Browning Township: questions
What is the median household income in Browning Township?
$53,125 (±$9,423) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Browning Township?
14.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Browning Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Browning Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (12%, 22 mi), Benton (11%, 4 mi), Marion (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Browning Township walkable?
Browning Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Browning Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Browning Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Browning 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. 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.