Brown Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 13 jobs in Brown Township; 194 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Brown Township itself; outside it, Manistee Township draws the most (20%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Brown Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 194 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Where people from Brown Township work
Where Brown Township clocks in
20% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Brown Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2011 → 2021: 23 → 13. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Brown Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brown Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 191 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Half of Brown Township commutes less than 20 miles
About 33% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
29% of Brown Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $60,938 |
| Bear Lake Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 22 min | $72,958 |
| Dickson Township | 4% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Stronach Township | 5% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Manistee Township | 20% | C− | C− | 18 min | $65,461 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dickson Township and Stronach Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manistee Township. Darker towns draw more of Brown 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 2021, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brown Township?
$60,938 (±$16,516) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
12.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manistee Township (20%, 7 mi), Manistee (7%, 11 mi), Stronach Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Brown Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brown Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.