Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Brooklyn Park commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.3 in Baltimore. Brooklyn Park has 2,056 jobs, and 6,692 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Brooklyn Park are B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Brooklyn Park: the figures worth knowing
Brooklyn Park and Baltimore trade workers both ways
Baltimore is the top workplace for Brooklyn Park residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Brooklyn Park come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Brooklyn Park
62% of Brooklyn Park residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Brooklyn Park pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Brooklyn Park than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Brooklyn Park fell from 2,734 in 2013 to 2,056 in 2023, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
The figures behind Brooklyn Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brooklyn Park is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #152 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Brooklyn Park’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brooklyn Park could be anywhere from B− to A.
18% of working residents work in Baltimore
Where Brooklyn Park clocks in
18% of workers
6% 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 Brooklyn Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooklyn Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,734 → 2,056. 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 Brooklyn Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Brooklyn Park: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,524 residents head out to work, 168 work right here, and 1,888 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Brooklyn Park on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Brooklyn Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooklyn Park workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,191 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% 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 Brooklyn Park 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.
Brooklyn Park is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brooklyn Park is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #114 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.0% across Maryland.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,786 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 80% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Brooklyn Park households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Brooklyn Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brooklyn Park places 907th of 2,220 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 20 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 46 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 77 | Honeygo MD | 12,250 | $146K | 1.8% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 905 | Onalaska WI | 20,297 | $86K | 6.0% | 3.4% | 18% | B+ |
| 906 | Ferndale MD | 17,529 | $95K | 8.2% | 5.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 907 | Brooklyn Park MD | 16,067 | $88K | 8.3% | 4.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 908 | Greenwood Township IL | 15,270 | $98K | 4.7% | 4.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 909 | Fruita CO | 14,003 | $87K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | 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 Brooklyn Park, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
28% of Brooklyn Park works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Baltimore (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brooklyn Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Park | – | B+ | A | 28 min | $87,989 |
| Baltimore Highlands | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 31 min | $62,304 |
| Baltimore | 18% | C+ | A+ | 29 min | $62,177 |
| Linthicum | 3% | A+ | B | 23 min | $134,673 |
| Glen Burnie | 6% | B+ | A− | 27 min | $88,280 |
| Ferndale | 1% | B+ | A− | 26 min | $94,948 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brooklyn Park’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 Brooklyn Park: questions
What is the median household income in Brooklyn Park?
$87,989 (±$12,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooklyn Park?
8.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooklyn Park?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooklyn Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baltimore (18%, 6 mi), Glen Burnie (6%, 4 mi), Columbia (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brooklyn Park walkable?
Brooklyn Park is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brooklyn Park without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooklyn Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooklyn Park
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.