Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Brant commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Brant are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 443 jobs are based in Brant for 810 working residents. About one in ten work in Brant; the top destination outside it is Buffalo (16%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Brant
Brant’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Brant is Buffalo, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (128) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
53% of the jobs in Brant are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Brant has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Brant went from 307 in 2013 to 443 in 2023, +44%. 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 810 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Brant gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brant is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Brant’s grade up ($89,531, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brant could be anywhere from C− to A.
The distance from Brant to work
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 Brant’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brant, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 443. 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 Brant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Brant: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 742 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Brant on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
The towns that employ Brant’s residents
Where Brant clocks in
16% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Commuting from Brant: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brant workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 998 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Few in Brant walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brant is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,167 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Brant households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brant’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brant next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600: 2,351st of 5,921 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,349 | Hayden CO | 2,250 | $91K | 6.6% | 3.9% | 12% | B− |
| 2,350 | Pilot Township IL | 1,938 | $92K | 11.4% | 6.2% | 6% | B− |
| 2,351 | Brant NY | 1,925 | $90K | 16.4% | 3.8% | 8% | B− |
| 2,352 | Smith Township OH | 1,400 | $89K | 6.8% | 10.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,353 | Plymouth Township OH | 1,865 | $70K | 13.3% | 2.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Brant, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
12% of Brant works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Evans (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brant | – | B− | D | 26 min | $89,531 |
| North Collins | 3% | A− | C | 25 min | $100,270 |
| Evans | 6% | B− | B | 29 min | $72,467 |
| North Collins | under 3% | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $66,607 |
| Eden | 3% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $97,262 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brant’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 Brant: questions
What is the median household income in Brant?
$89,531 (±$23,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brant?
16.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brant?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brant work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (16%, 22 mi), Hamburg (9%, 13 mi), Amherst (8%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brant walkable?
Brant is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brant without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brant
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.