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Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey. 2,184 jobs are based in Browns Mills; 5,345 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in Browns Mills; the top destination outside it is Pemberton Township (10%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Browns Mills: the gist
No single place dominates Browns Mills’ commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, PA, gets only 4% of working residents, and 67% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Browns Mills residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Browns Mills empties out on a workday
About 6,500 people are in Browns Mills on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 9,700 who live here: 5,000 head out to work and 1,900 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The places Browns Mills commutes to
Where Browns Mills clocks in
10% of workers
4% of workers
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.
How a workday changes Browns Mills
On a workday 5,029 residents head out to work, 316 work right here, and 1,868 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Browns Mills on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Services make up most of the work in Browns Mills
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Browns Mills, 2014 → 2024: 2,341 → 2,184. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Browns Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Browns Mills’ commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Browns Mills workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,020 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% 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 Browns Mills’ workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Browns Mills: questions
What is the median household income in Browns Mills?
$75,867 (±$8,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Browns Mills?
11.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Browns Mills?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Browns Mills work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pemberton Township (10%, 2 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 30 mi), Trenton (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Browns Mills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Browns Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Browns Mills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.