Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Brookfield Center earn less than those in 72% of U.S. towns
5% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Below the poverty line: 4.2% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Brookfield Center grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Brookfield Center in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
56% of the jobs in Brookfield Center are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A lot of Brookfield Center workers cross into Pennsylvania
28% of Brookfield Center workers work outside Ohio, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Hermitage (9%), Sharon (4%) and Farrell (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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 471 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Brookfield Center’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Brookfield Center is better than 67% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Brookfield Center’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($61,250, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Brookfield Center’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Brookfield Center could be anywhere from C+ to A.
What the 440 jobs in Brookfield Center are
440 jobs are based in Brookfield Center.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookfield Center, 2013 → 2023: 503 → 440. 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 Brookfield Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
9% of working residents work in Hermitage
Where Brookfield Center clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Brookfield Center by day and by night
On a workday 457 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 426 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
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 trip to work from Brookfield Center: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookfield Center workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 544 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Brookfield Center
About 22% 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.
Brookfield Center is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brookfield Center is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Brookfield Center near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 573 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 20.6% of Brookfield Center households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brookfield Center’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Brookfield Center is 832nd among 4,312 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 830 | Canaan NY | 1,518 | $107K | 3.4% | 4.2% | 10% | B+ |
| 831 | Rush Township PA | 1,166 | $92K | 6.0% | 1.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 832 | Brookfield Center OH | 1,216 | $61K | 4.2% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 833 | Blue Ridge Township IL | 1,379 | $87K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 834 | Pemberton NJ | 1,406 | $91K | 14.5% | 8.1% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Brookfield Center, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Brookfield Center
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookfield Center workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Center | – | B+ | C | 22 min | $61,250 |
| West Hill | under 2% | C+ | C− | 18 min | $40,325 |
| Masury | under 2% | C− | C | 17 min | $39,402 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brookfield Center’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 Brookfield Center: questions
What is the median household income in Brookfield Center?
$61,250 (±$29,755) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookfield Center?
4.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookfield Center?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookfield Center work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (9%, 6 mi), Youngstown (6%, 11 mi), Brookfield Township (6%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brookfield Center walkable?
Brookfield Center is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brookfield Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookfield Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookfield Center
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.