Brownsville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
5% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Brownsville has 45 jobs, and 237 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Brownsville for work; outside it, La Crosse is the main destination (31%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Brownsville
Many Brownsville workers cross into Wisconsin
71% of Brownsville workers work outside Minnesota, most of them in Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Brownsville is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Brownsville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brownsville has about 350 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Brownsville works in La Crosse
73 working residents, 31%, have their main job in La Crosse, WI, 9.1 miles away. That’s 31 times as many as work in Brownsville itself. 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 237 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Brownsville to work: where people go
Where Brownsville clocks in
31% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Brownsville
On a workday 235 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Brownsville on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Jobs in Brownsville: what the 45 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brownsville, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 45. 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 Brownsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Brownsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brownsville workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Brownsville’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
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 Brownsville: questions
What is the median household income in Brownsville?
$66,750 (±$10,936) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brownsville?
3.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brownsville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brownsville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Crosse (31%, 9 mi), Caledonia (11%, 12 mi), Onalaska (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brownsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brownsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brownsville
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.