Most of Browns Crossing commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 23 jobs in Browns Crossing for 154 working residents. Hardly any work in Browns Crossing itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (44%, 32 miles). Home is the office for 17% of workers; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Browns Crossing
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Browns Crossing on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Browns Crossing’s working residents head each day
Where Browns Crossing clocks in
44% of workers
10% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 74% of the jobs in Browns Crossing
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Browns Crossing, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 23. 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 Browns Crossing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Browns Crossing workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 277 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far Browns Crossing goes to work
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 Browns Crossing: questions
What is the median household income in Browns Crossing?
$143,750 (±$56,980) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Browns Crossing?
12.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Browns Crossing?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Browns Crossing work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (44%, 32 mi), Martinsville (10%, 4 mi), Plainfield (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Browns Crossing 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 Browns Crossing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Browns Crossing
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.