Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Brookfield Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
1,861 jobs are based in Brookfield Township for 3,422 working residents. For jobs and income Brookfield Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Brookfield Township
A lot of Brookfield Township workers cross into Pennsylvania
27% of Brookfield Township workers work outside Ohio, most of them in Pennsylvania, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
No single place dominates Brookfield Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Hermitage, PA, gets only 8% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Brookfield Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Brookfield Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
Where Brookfield Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Brookfield Township’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,917, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brookfield Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
8% of working residents work in Hermitage
Where Brookfield Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Brookfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,854 → 1,861. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Brookfield Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,116 residents head out to work, 306 work right here, and 1,555 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,800 people are in Brookfield Township 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 trip to work from Brookfield Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,255 commuters (the 7% 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 Brookfield Township
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.
For most of Brookfield Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,508 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). 6.1% of Brookfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Brookfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Brookfield Township is 2,096th among 3,042 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,094 | Dayton TN | 7,819 | $50K | 22.2% | 1.3% | 39% | C+ |
| 2,095 | Strasburg VA | 7,380 | $62K | 7.5% | 5.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,096 | Brookfield Township OH | 8,348 | $53K | 15.1% | 3.9% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,097 | St. Albans VT | 6,939 | $58K | 19.5% | 1.8% | 21% | C+ |
| 2,098 | Midway City CA | 7,999 | $67K | 18.0% | 6.0% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,042 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 12% of Brookfield Township
The biggest share goes to Hermitage (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Township | – | C+ | C− | 19 min | $52,917 |
| Hartford Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 33 min | $96,250 |
| Vienna Township | under 2% | B | B | 19 min | $75,583 |
| Yankee Lake | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Hubbard Township | under 2% | B− | C | 20 min | $56,581 |
Same-state neighbors only. Yankee Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brookfield Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brookfield Township?
$52,917 (±$9,069) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookfield Township?
15.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookfield Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookfield Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (8%, 6 mi), Youngstown (6%, 10 mi), Warren (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brookfield Township walkable?
Brookfield Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brookfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookfield Township
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.