About half of Brownsburg’s working residents commute to Indianapolis
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Brownsburg A; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in ten work in Brownsburg; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (45%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brownsburg stands out on work
Brownsburg trades workers with the towns around it
Brownsburg has about as many jobs (13,114) as working residents (15,361), but they are mostly different people: 13,613 residents leave for work each day while 11,366 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Brownsburg are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of Brownsburg works in Indianapolis
6,927 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 13 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Brownsburg itself. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Brownsburg are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Brownsburg has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Brownsburg went from 9,521 in 2013 to 13,114 in 2023, +38%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Brownsburg’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brownsburg is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #45 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brownsburg could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who leaves Brownsburg for work, and who comes in
On a workday 13,613 residents head out to work, 1,748 work right here, and 11,366 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 (0.85 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.
The towns that employ Brownsburg’s residents
Where Brownsburg clocks in
45% of workers
5% 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.
What work there is in Brownsburg: 13,114 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brownsburg, 2013 → 2023: 9,521 → 13,114. 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 Brownsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Brownsburg takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brownsburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,706 commuters (the 16% 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 Brownsburg
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.
The commute in Brownsburg is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brownsburg is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #366 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 16,314 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). 2.7% of Brownsburg households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brownsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Brownsburg ranks: 201st of 1,255 U.S. towns of 24,000 to 46,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 199 | Mifflin Township OH | 38,526 | $104K | 6.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A |
| 200 | Upper Allen Township PA | 24,700 | $99K | 4.3% | 2.7% | 7% | A |
| 201 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
| 202 | Foster City CA | 32,411 | $199K | 4.1% | 4.9% | 8% | A |
| 203 | Edmonds WA | 42,748 | $122K | 3.8% | 4.1% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,255 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Brownsburg, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Brownsburg
The biggest share goes to Avon (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brownsburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsburg | – | A | C+ | 24 min | $102,235 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | A | C | 26 min | $103,086 |
| Brown Township | under 2% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $140,108 |
| Middle Township | under 2% | A | D | 25 min | $125,065 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A | B− | 24 min | $100,090 |
| Avon | 4% | A | C+ | 23 min | $98,486 |
| Pittsboro | under 2% | A | C− | 26 min | $126,023 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brownsburg’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 Brownsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Brownsburg?
$102,235 (±$5,773) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brownsburg?
7.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brownsburg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brownsburg work?
11% work in town.
Is Brownsburg walkable?
Brownsburg is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brownsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brownsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brownsburg
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.