Jobs, income and commuting in Brownville, NJ
The trip to work takes 41 minutes on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. Only 1% work in Brownville itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (10%, 26 miles). 24% of workers work from home; New Jersey has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brownville at work: what stands out
Brownville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Brownville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Brownville went from 516 in 2014 to 829 in 2024, +61%. The jobs ↓
Brownville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Brownville is New York City, NY, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (129) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Brownville
72% of Brownville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 53% of the jobs based in Brownville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
A commute of about 41 minutes in Brownville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brownville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,126 commuters (the 24% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Brownville
829 jobs are based in Brownville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brownville, 2014 → 2024: 516 → 829. 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 Brownville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Brownville
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.
The daily commute in and out of Brownville
On a workday 1,220 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 811 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Brownville on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.67 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Brownville to work: where people go
Where Brownville clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
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 Brownville: questions
What is the median household income in Brownville?
$89,769 (±$24,323) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brownville?
8.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brownville?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brownville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (10%, 26 mi), Old Bridge Township (8%, 1 mi), Edison Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Brownville without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brownville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brownville
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.