Brownton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. Brownton has 40 jobs, and 351 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Brownton for work; outside it, Hutchinson is the main destination (24%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Brownton
Brownton is a place people come home to
There are 40 jobs based in Brownton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brownton has about 390 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Brownton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 351 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Brownton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 345 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Brownton on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Brownton’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brownton workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 244 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where Brownton goes to work
Where Brownton clocks in
24% of workers
11% 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.
Jobs in Brownton: what the 40 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brownton, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 40. 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 Brownton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Brownton, by distance
About 20% 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 Brownton: questions
What is the median household income in Brownton?
$79,712 (±$11,983) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brownton?
10.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brownton?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brownton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (24%, 11 mi), Glencoe (11%, 10 mi), Stewart (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brownton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brownton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brownton
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.