Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Most of Brownstown Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% work in Brownstown Township itself; outside it, Detroit draws the most (12%, 18 miles). 6,636 jobs are based in Brownstown Township; 13,929 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Brownstown Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Brownstown Township apart on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Brownstown Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Brownstown Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Brownstown Township went from 4,461 in 2011 to 6,636 in 2021, +49%. The jobs ↓
Brownstown Township draws workers from far and wide
The 6,636 jobs in Brownstown Township are filled from a wide area. Brownstown Township’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Brownstown Township
Job access by car holds Brownstown Township’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brownstown Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
What Brownstown Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brownstown Township, 2011 → 2021: 4,461 → 6,636. 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 Brownstown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Brownstown Township’s residents
Where Brownstown Township clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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 workday in Brownstown Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 13,377 residents head out to work, 552 work right here, and 6,084 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Brownstown Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The trip to work from Brownstown Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brownstown Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,656 commuters (the 12% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Brownstown Township
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.
Most trips from Brownstown Township start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 15,469 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 20% 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). 4.1% of Brownstown Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Brownstown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brownstown Township is 661st of 1,283 U.S. towns of 23,000 to 44,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 27 | Northville Township MI | 31,399 | $151K | 3.1% | 2.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Bloomfield Township MI | 43,904 | $163K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Lyon Township MI | 26,867 | $146K | 4.8% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 659 | Englewood NJ | 30,035 | $103K | 9.2% | 7.8% | 11% | B+ |
| 660 | Dover NH | 34,623 | $95K | 8.3% | 4.1% | 18% | B+ |
| 661 | Brownstown Township MI | 32,680 | $95K | 8.5% | 5.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 662 | Kahului HI | 28,288 | $98K | 8.7% | 3.5% | 26% | B+ |
| 663 | Wheat Ridge CO | 32,081 | $91K | 11.2% | 5.0% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Brownstown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Brownstown Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Taylor (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brownstown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown Township | – | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $95,402 |
| Berlin Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 29 min | $85,077 |
| Gibraltar | under 3% | A− | C | 27 min | $91,651 |
| Grosse Ile Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $126,582 |
| Woodhaven | 3% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $78,648 |
| Flat Rock | under 3% | B− | B | 29 min | $81,585 |
| Riverview | under 3% | A− | B+ | 24 min | $73,468 |
| Huron Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $92,832 |
| Rockwood | under 3% | A− | C− | 29 min | $88,080 |
| Taylor | 5% | C | B | 22 min | $61,081 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brownstown 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 Brownstown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brownstown Township?
$95,402 (±$6,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brownstown Township?
8.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brownstown Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brownstown Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (12%, 18 mi), Dearborn (9%, 11 mi), Taylor (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Brownstown Township walkable?
Brownstown Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brownstown Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brownstown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brownstown 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. 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.