Brandywine Township draws 1,767 commuters a day, with 1.9 jobs for every working resident
1,812 jobs are based in Brandywine Township, and 954 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Brandywine Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 5% work in Brandywine Township itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (27%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Brandywine Township
Brandywine Township is where the jobs are
Brandywine Township has 1,812 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,700 people are in town, 46% more than the 1,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Brandywine Township
65% of Brandywine Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Brandywine 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 954 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Brandywine Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Brandywine Township’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brandywine Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
The daily commute in and out of Brandywine Township
On a workday 909 residents head out to work and 45 work right here.
About 2,700 people are in Brandywine Township on a workday afternoon, 46% more 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.
What Brandywine Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brandywine Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,256 → 1,812. 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 Brandywine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Brandywine Township
Where Brandywine Township clocks in
27% of workers
23% of workers
4% 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.
From Brandywine Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brandywine Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 836 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Brandywine Township
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.
Most of Brandywine Township commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 956 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). 1.6% of Brandywine Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brandywine Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Brandywine Township ranks 2,355th of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 167 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,353 | Johnson City KS | 1,402 | $71K | 1.7% | 1.3% | 31% | B− |
| 2,354 | Garfield Township IL | 1,452 | $88K | 16.0% | 12.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,355 | Brandywine Township IN | 1,877 | $67K | 10.0% | 5.6% | 5% | B− |
| 2,356 | Nobleboro ME | 1,909 | $100K | 10.4% | 4.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,357 | Clear Creek Township OH | 2,276 | $74K | 4.8% | 5.5% | 2% | B− |
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| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Brandywine Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
25% of Brandywine Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Shelbyville (23%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brandywine Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandywine Township | – | B− | C− | 28 min | $66,750 |
| Sugar Creek Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 31 min | $69,857 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | A− | D | 21 min | $92,689 |
| Moral Township | 2% | A− | D− | 25 min | $97,759 |
| Addison Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 21 min | $58,009 |
| Van Buren Township | under 2% | A− | D | 43 min | $96,023 |
| Shelbyville | 23% | B− | A− | 21 min | $55,602 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brandywine 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 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 Brandywine Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brandywine Township?
$66,750 (±$24,656) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brandywine Township?
10.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brandywine Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brandywine Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (27%, 21 mi), Shelbyville (23%, 4 mi), Greenwood (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Brandywine Township walkable?
Brandywine Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brandywine Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brandywine Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brandywine Township
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.