Work, pay and getting to work in Brownlee Park
A typical one-way commute from Brownlee Park lasts 19 minutes (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Michigan. Hardly any work in Brownlee Park itself; outside it, Battle Creek draws the most (31%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brownlee Park and work: the main findings
Brownlee Park and Battle Creek trade workers both ways
Battle Creek is the top workplace for Brownlee Park residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Brownlee Park come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Brownlee Park makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Brownlee Park are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Brownlee Park residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Brownlee Park pay better than its residents’ jobs
63% of the jobs based in Brownlee Park pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 45% of the jobs Brownlee Park residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Brownlee Park. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 691 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Brownlee Park’s working residents head each day
Where Brownlee Park clocks in
31% 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.
A place that makes things: 49% of Brownlee Park’s jobs are in goods
506 jobs are based in Brownlee Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brownlee Park, 2011 → 2021: 395 → 506. 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 Brownlee Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Brownlee Park: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 688 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 503 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Brownlee Park on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.73 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 2021, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Brownlee Park: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brownlee Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 480 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far Brownlee Park goes to work
About 19% 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.
Work next door: 33% of Brownlee Park’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brownlee Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownlee Park | – | — | — | 19 min | $31,969 |
| Battle Creek | 31% | C− | B+ | 19 min | $55,693 |
| Pennfield Township | 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $66,119 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Battle Creek. Darker towns draw more of Brownlee 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 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 Brownlee Park: questions
What is the median household income in Brownlee Park?
$31,969 (±$5,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brownlee Park?
42.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brownlee Park?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brownlee Park work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Battle Creek (31%, 5 mi), Emmett Township (8%, 4 mi), Kalamazoo (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Brownlee Park without a car?
1% 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 Brownlee Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brownlee Park
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.