Photo: Viscountrapier at English Wikipedia · Public domainHousehold incomes in Brookville are among the highest of any U.S. town
4.5% of residents live below the poverty line (New York 14.0%). Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Brookville grades A− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brookville stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Brookville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Brookville fell from 2,829 in 2013 to 461 in 2023, −84%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
43% of Brookville works in New York City
455 working residents, 43%, have their main job in New York City, 22 miles away. That’s 22 times as many as work in Brookville itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Brookville are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker, and quicker than any town next door (34 to 49 minutes). Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Brookville
71% of Brookville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 52% of the jobs based in Brookville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Brookville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brookville is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #120 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Brookville’s grade up ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
The Census reports Brookville’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brookville could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
461 jobs are based in Brookville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookville, 2013 → 2023: 2,829 → 461. 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 Brookville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
43% of working residents work in New York City
Where Brookville clocks in
43% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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 long Brookville spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,046 commuters (the 22% 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.
Who commutes out of Brookville, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,040 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Brookville on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.44 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.
Half of Brookville commutes less than 16 miles
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.
Brookville is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 21.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 8.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,338 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 34% 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 13.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 1.7% of Brookville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Brookville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Brookville ranks: 601st of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 599 | Bridgetown MS | 3,195 | $139K | 1.0% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| 600 | Oronogo MO | 3,204 | $92K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| 601 | Brookville NY | 3,037 | $250K | 4.5% | 7.8% | 2% | A− |
| 602 | Grafton Township OH | 2,860 | $90K | 3.6% | 3.0% | 1% | A− |
| 603 | Richland Township OH | 2,973 | $89K | 3.3% | 0.5% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Brookville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Brookville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville | – | A− | A | 26 min | $250,000+ |
| Old Westbury | under 1% | A | A− | 34 min | $250,000+ |
| Muttontown | under 1% | A | A | 34 min | $250,000+ |
| Upper Brookville | under 1% | A | A− | 39 min | $250,000+ |
| Jericho | under 1% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Old Brookville | under 1% | A+ | A− | 40 min | $250,000+ |
| East Hills | under 1% | A+ | A+ | 49 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Jericho: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brookville’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Brookville: questions
What is the median household income in Brookville?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookville?
4.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (43%, 22 mi), Oyster Bay (13%, 3 mi), Hempstead (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brookville walkable?
Brookville is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brookville without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookville
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.