Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Brewster has 12.6 jobs per working resident, and 3,013 people come in to work
Brewster has 3,044 jobs; 242 of its residents have a job. About one in seven stay in Brewster for work; outside it, Worthington is the main destination (32%, 8 miles). 6% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brewster and work: the main findings
Brewster fills up on a workday
Brewster has 3,044 jobs, 12.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,300 people are in town, 7 times the 510 who live here. Day and night ↓
Brewster makes and builds things
95% of the jobs based in Brewster are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Brewster residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Brewster and Worthington trade workers both ways
Worthington is the top workplace for Brewster residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Brewster come from (61% of its jobs). 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; with 242 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Brewster
On a workday 211 residents head out to work and 31 work right here.
About 3,300 people are in Brewster on a workday afternoon, 552% more 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.
A place that makes things: 95% of Brewster’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brewster, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 3,044. 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 Brewster’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Brewster
Where Brewster clocks in
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.
Getting to work from Brewster takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brewster workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 366 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brewster
About 26% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Brewster
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brewster workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewster | – | — | — | 23 min | $82,583 |
| Hersey Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Alba Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hersey Township and Alba Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brewster’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 Brewster: questions
What is the median household income in Brewster?
$82,583 (±$17,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brewster?
6.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brewster?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brewster work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Worthington (32%, 8 mi), Sioux Falls (5%, 64 mi), Fulda (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brewster 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 Brewster, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brewster
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.