Photo: Reporter1998 · Public domainAt 1.9%, unemployment in Brownstown Township is lower than in 86% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home (Indiana 11%). The two grades for Brownstown Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in five work in Brownstown Township itself; outside it, Seymour draws the most (24%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Brownstown Township
What’s behind Brownstown Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brownstown Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #241 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Brownstown Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brownstown Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brownstown Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,368 commuters (the 4% 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 a workday changes Brownstown Township
On a workday 2,088 residents head out to work, 486 work right here, and 1,276 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Brownstown Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Brownstown Township goes to work
Where Brownstown Township clocks in
24% of workers
15% of workers
10% 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.
The 1,762 jobs based in Brownstown Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brownstown Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,358 → 1,762. 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 Brownstown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Brownstown Township’s workers travel
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Few in Brownstown Township walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,474 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). 2.1% of Brownstown Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brownstown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brownstown Township is 1,544th of 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,542 | Douglass Hills KY | 5,575 | $78K | 6.4% | 8.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,543 | Hollywood SC | 5,652 | $74K | 12.2% | 2.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,544 | Brownstown Township IN | 5,851 | $72K | 7.3% | 1.9% | 19% | B |
| 1,545 | Bagley Township MI | 6,104 | $77K | 6.7% | 2.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,546 | DeMotte IN | 4,384 | $70K | 8.4% | 1.8% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Brownstown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Brownstown Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hamilton Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brownstown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown Township | – | B | C− | 20 min | $72,256 |
| Hamilton Township | 3% | C− | D− | 18 min | $59,474 |
| Driftwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Owen Township | under 2% | C | C− | 30 min | $75,481 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 22 min | $105,184 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $62,411 |
| Grassy Fork Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Carr Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 31 min | $68,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Driftwood Township: not graded. Grassy Fork Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brownstown 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 Brownstown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brownstown Township?
$72,256 (±$14,258) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brownstown Township?
7.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brownstown Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brownstown Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seymour (24%, 9 mi), Brownstown (15%, 1 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brownstown Township walkable?
Brownstown Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brownstown 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 Brownstown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brownstown 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.