Households in Brogden earn less than those in 95% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Brogden are D for jobs and income and D for walkability. Below the poverty line: 31.1% of residents; North Carolina has 13.0%. Home is the office for 2% of workers, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Brogden, in brief
Brogden is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Brogden, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brogden has about 1,800 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Brogden workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Brogden’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 15% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Brogden workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 970 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Brogden’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brogden is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #273 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Brogden’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brogden could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Brogden quiets down on a workday
On a workday 966 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Brogden on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.02 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.
The kinds of work in Brogden
24 jobs are based in Brogden.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brogden, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 24. 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 Brogden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Brogden
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brogden workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,116 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% 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.
22% of working residents work in Goldsboro
Where Brogden clocks in
7% 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 commute from Brogden, by distance
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.
The commute in Brogden is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brogden is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #284 of 290 in North Carolina. Both inputs place Brogden near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,144 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). 0.0% of Brogden households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brogden’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, and where Brogden sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 408 | Swepsonville NC | 2,632 | $101K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,596 | Covert Township MI | 2,499 | $38K | 30.1% | 3.3% | 4% | D |
| 4,597 | Rutland Township OH | 2,084 | $40K | 17.3% | 6.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,598 | Brogden NC | 2,733 | $42K | 31.1% | 9.3% | <1% | D |
| 4,599 | Lake Butler FL | 1,921 | $50K | 24.7% | 12.3% | 17% | D |
| 4,600 | Mount Vernon KY | 2,455 | $39K | 32.7% | 3.5% | 25% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Brogden, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
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 Brogden: questions
What is the median household income in Brogden?
$42,074 (±$18,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brogden?
31.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brogden?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brogden work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Goldsboro (22%, 7 mi), Raleigh (7%, 50 mi), Mount Olive (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brogden walkable?
Brogden is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brogden 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 Brogden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brogden
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.