Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Brimfield at work: jobs, income and the commute
59 jobs are based in Brimfield, against 59 working residents. Only 2% work in Brimfield; the top destination outside it is Kendallville (24%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 15% of workers, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brimfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 58 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 (1.00 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.
Where Brimfield’s working residents head each day
Where Brimfield clocks in
24% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 Brimfield, 51% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brimfield, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 59. 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 Brimfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Brimfield
of Brimfield workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 130 commuters (the 15% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Brimfield
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.
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 Brimfield: questions
What is the poverty rate in Brimfield?
49.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Brimfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kendallville (24%, 8 mi), Lagrange (5%, 13 mi), Albion (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brimfield 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 Brimfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brimfield
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.