Brunswick Township’s household incomes are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Brunswick Township itself; outside it, Brunswick draws the most (12%, 3 miles). Below the poverty line: 18.9% of residents, against 12.6% across Missouri. For jobs and income Brunswick Township is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Brunswick Township: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Many jobs in Brunswick Township pay little
30% of the jobs based in Brunswick Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 553 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Brunswick Township’s grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Brunswick Township’s grade.
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Brunswick Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Brunswick Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
How far Brunswick Township goes to work
About 37% 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 work there is in Brunswick Township: 329 jobs
329 jobs are based in Brunswick Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brunswick Township, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 329. 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 Brunswick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Brunswick Township
On a workday 475 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Brunswick Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.59 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Brunswick Township’s working residents head each day
Where Brunswick Township clocks in
6% 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.
From Brunswick Township, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brunswick Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 396 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
For most of Brunswick Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 430 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.4% of Brunswick Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Brunswick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, and where Brunswick Township sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 35 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
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| 82 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
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| 106 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
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| 4,578 | Hanover Township IL | 1,150 | $44K | 19.3% | 8.1% | 3% | D− |
| 4,579 | Allouez Township MI | 1,525 | $45K | 17.7% | 1.9% | 7% | D− |
| 4,580 | Brunswick Township MO | 1,256 | $46K | 18.9% | 7.1% | 14% | D− |
| 4,581 | Richland Township MO | 1,124 | $43K | 28.7% | 1.3% | 3% | D− |
| 4,582 | Elcho WI | 1,193 | $50K | 19.3% | 2.1% | 9% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Brunswick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
The towns next door employ 16% of Brunswick Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brunswick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick Township | – | D− | B+ | 20 min | $46,389 |
| De Witt Township | under 3% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Bowling Green Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Triplett Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Keytesville Township | 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Salt Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Brunswick | 12% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Mendon Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. De Witt Township, Bowling Green Township, Triplett Township, Salt Creek Township, Brunswick and Mendon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Keytesville Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Brunswick. Darker towns draw more of Brunswick 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 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 Brunswick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brunswick Township?
$46,389 (±$11,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brunswick Township?
18.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brunswick Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brunswick Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brunswick (12%, 3 mi), Marshall (6%, 24 mi), Moberly (6%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brunswick Township walkable?
Brunswick Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brunswick Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brunswick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brunswick Township
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. 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.