Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBrown Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Brown Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. <1% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. There are 428 jobs in Brown Township; 990 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Brown Township is behind 59% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Brown Township: the figures worth knowing
Few Brown Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Brown Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (17 to 25 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 990 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Brown Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brown Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Brown Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brown Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
How long Brown Township spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brown Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 979 commuters (the <1% 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.
Brown Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 935 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
18% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Brown Township clocks in
18% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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 Brown Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 364 → 428. 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 Brown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Brown Township works
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.
Driving is how Brown Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brown Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Brown Township 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 983 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). 1.9% of Brown Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Brown Township ranks 2,713th of 5,509 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+ |
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| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,711 | North Bennington VT | 1,688 | $69K | 7.4% | 7.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,712 | Burnside Township MI | 1,917 | $76K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,713 | Brown Township OH | 2,029 | $70K | 14.4% | 2.9% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,714 | Bartlow Township OH | 2,172 | $81K | 11.0% | 4.4% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,715 | Mooreville MS | 2,154 | $118K | 10.8% | 24.3% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Brown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Brown Township
The biggest share goes to Greenville Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | – | C+ | C | 29 min | $69,750 |
| York Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Richland Township | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Greenville Township | 5% | C+ | B | 18 min | $51,551 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | D | B+ | 25 min | $44,018 |
Same-state neighbors only. York Township and Richland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brown 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 Brown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brown Township?
$69,750 (±$12,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
14.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (18%, 8 mi), Versailles (7%, 10 mi), Greenville Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brown Township walkable?
Brown Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brown Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brown 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.