Brandt draws 228 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
Below the poverty line: 18.6% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. 228 jobs are based in Brandt, against 112 working residents. Home is the office for 29% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brandt fills up on a workday
On a workday 112 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 330 people are in Brandt on a workday afternoon, 55% more 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.
Where Brandt’s workers come from
Where Brandt clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 70% of work in Brandt
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brandt, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 228. 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 Brandt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Brandt
of Brandt workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brandt
About 21% 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 towns next door employ 10% of Brandt
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brandt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandt | – | — | — | — | — |
| Huber Heights | 10% | B+ | B+ | 23 min | $79,131 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Huber Heights. Darker towns draw more of Brandt’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 Brandt: questions
What is the poverty rate in Brandt?
18.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Brandt work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huber Heights (10%, 3 mi), Vandalia (8%, 6 mi), Troy (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brandt 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 Brandt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brandt
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.