Brown Station’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 3.3% (Maryland 9.4%). Jobs and income earn Brown Station A+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Hardly any stay in Brown Station for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (29%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brown Station stands out on work
A lot of Brown Station workers cross into Washington, D.C.
26% of Brown Station workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Brown Station’s 30-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 33 to 42 minutes. Next door ↓
Brown Station is a place people come home to
There are 396 jobs based in Brown Station, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brown Station has about 2,400 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Brown Station works in Washington
434 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Washington, DC, 13 miles away. That’s far more as work in Brown Station itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Brown Station: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brown Station is among the top U.S. towns, #3 of 261 in Maryland. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Brown Station’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brown Station could be anywhere from A to A+.
The towns that employ Brown Station’s residents
Where Brown Station clocks in
29% of workers
3% 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 daily commute in and out of Brown Station
On a workday 1,487 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Brown Station on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
Most jobs in Brown Station are in services
396 jobs are based in Brown Station.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Station, 2013 → 2023: 397 → 396. 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 Station’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Brown Station takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brown Station workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,804 commuters (the 12% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Brown Station
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 Brown Station is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brown Station is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #156 of 261 in Maryland. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.0% across Maryland, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,049 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 9.3% of Brown Station households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 11% of Brown Station’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brown Station next to U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700: 23rd of 4,535 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 23 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 24 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 25 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Herald Harbor MD | 2,430 | $148K | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Chevy Chase MD | 2,804 | $250K | 2.0% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Station, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
Next door to Brown Station
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Station workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Station | – | A+ | B+ | 30 min | $168,848 |
| Marlboro Village | under 2% | A | B+ | 35 min | $122,856 |
| Westphalia | under 2% | A | B | 37 min | $164,197 |
| Largo | under 2% | B+ | A | 33 min | $103,375 |
| Brock Hall | under 2% | A | B | 42 min | $206,451 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brown Station’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 Station: questions
What is the median household income in Brown Station?
$168,848 (±$51,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Station?
3.3%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Station?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Station work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (29%, 13 mi), Arlington (3%, 17 mi), Lake Arbor (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brown Station walkable?
Brown Station is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brown Station without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brown Station, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brown Station
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.