Photo: Jb91archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Brunswick commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. 1,000 jobs are based in Brunswick, against 3,793 working residents. Jobs and income earn Brunswick B+; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Brunswick, in brief
Brunswick workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Brunswick is a place people come home to
There are 1,000 jobs based in Brunswick, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brunswick has about 6,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Brunswick
68% of Brunswick residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Brunswick pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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 four measures behind Brunswick’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brunswick is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #151 of 261 in Maryland. Household income holds Brunswick’s grade up ($118,025, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brunswick could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The daily trip from Brunswick: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brunswick workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,595 commuters (the 21% 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.
Who commutes out of Brunswick, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,649 residents head out to work, 144 work right here, and 856 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Brunswick on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The kinds of work in Brunswick
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brunswick, 2013 → 2023: 776 → 1,000. 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 Brunswick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
16% of working residents work in Frederick
Where Brunswick clocks in
16% 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.
Brunswick’s commute, mile by mile
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.
In Brunswick, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brunswick is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #101 of 261 in Maryland. Both inputs place Brunswick near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,575 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 60% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 3.6% of Brunswick households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Brunswick’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brunswick is 986th of 2,806 U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Scaggsville MD | 10,564 | $207K | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Chevy Chase MD | 9,445 | $212K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 984 | Big Flats NY | 7,406 | $87K | 5.1% | 2.8% | 11% | B+ |
| 985 | Lake Monticello VA | 10,662 | $107K | 6.7% | 3.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 986 | Brunswick MD | 9,380 | $118K | 6.2% | 4.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 987 | Stratford NJ | 7,200 | $98K | 9.8% | 4.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 988 | South Strabane Township PA | 9,672 | $88K | 9.6% | 2.7% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Brunswick, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
How Brunswick compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brunswick workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick | – | B+ | A | 39 min | $118,025 |
| Rosemont | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rosemont: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brunswick’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 Brunswick: questions
What is the median household income in Brunswick?
$118,025 (±$15,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brunswick?
6.2%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brunswick?
39 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brunswick work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (16%, 14 mi), Ballenger Creek (7%, 12 mi), Rockville (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brunswick walkable?
Brunswick is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brunswick without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brunswick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brunswick
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.