Indianapolis draws about two in five of Brown Township’s working residents
About one in seven stay in Brown Township for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (41%, 18 miles). For jobs and income Brown Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (B−). A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Brown Township, in brief
Brown Township trades workers with the towns around it
Brown Township has about as many jobs (6,859) as working residents (6,463), but they are mostly different people: 5,598 residents leave for work each day while 5,994 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Brown Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The figures behind Brown Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Brown Township’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brown Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Brown Township
On a workday 5,598 residents head out to work, 865 work right here, and 5,994 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 (1.06 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 people from Brown Township work
Where Brown Township clocks in
41% 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.
Brown Township works in goods: 32% of its jobs
6,859 jobs are based in Brown Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,300 → 6,859. 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 Brown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Brown Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brown Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,316 commuters (the 12% 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.
The commute from Brown Township, by distance
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.
For most of Brown Township, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 6,024 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). 5.0% of Brown Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Brown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000, Brown Township ranks 1,170th of 2,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 51 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 92 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 103 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,168 | Hailey ID | 10,053 | $91K | 7.4% | 2.3% | 30% | B |
| 1,169 | Nederland TX | 18,108 | $78K | 8.3% | 4.7% | 15% | B |
| 1,170 | Brown Township IN | 14,348 | $70K | 12.9% | 3.2% | 13% | B |
| 1,171 | Westwood Lakes FL | 10,553 | $86K | 8.3% | 8.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,172 | Fuller Heights FL | 10,083 | $82K | 7.7% | 4.9% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Brown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 13% of Brown Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | – | B | B− | 28 min | $70,421 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | A | D | 29 min | $96,058 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $81,944 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | A | C− | 37 min | $101,573 |
| Guilford Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 23 min | $87,691 |
| Mooresville | 13% | B | B | 28 min | $68,983 |
| Brooklyn | under 2% | C+ | C− | 30 min | $58,176 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mooresville. Darker towns draw more of Brown 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 Brown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brown Township?
$70,421 (±$7,626) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
12.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Township work?
13% work in town.
Is Brown Township walkable?
Brown Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brown Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brown 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.