Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Brown Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 172 jobs in Brown Township for 645 working residents. The two grades for Brown Township are C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 27% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brown Township stands out on work
One in three of Brown Township works in Columbus
211 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Columbus, 23 miles away. That’s 33 times as many as work in Brown Township itself. The commute map ↓
Brown Township is a place people come home to
There are 172 jobs based in Brown Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brown Township has about 1,100 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Brown Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (25 to 26 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 645 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Brown Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Brown Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Brown Township’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Brown Township’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, Brown Township could be anywhere from C− to A+.
33% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Brown Township clocks in
33% of workers
9% 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.
Who commutes out of Brown Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 641 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
From Brown Township, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 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 165 commuters (the 27% 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.
Goods jobs make up 40% of work in Brown Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 172. 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.
How many miles Brown Township commutes
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.
In Brown Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brown Township is more walkable than 4% 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 226 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% 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.
Brown Township is 2,420th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,418 | Blawnox PA | 1,384 | $60K | 16.7% | 2.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,419 | Sparta NY | 1,577 | $88K | 8.8% | 1.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,420 | Brown Township OH | 1,571 | $75K | 21.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,421 | Edgard LA | 1,482 | $69K | 11.2% | 10.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,422 | Ridgeville SC | 1,230 | $56K | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Brown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Brown Township
The biggest share goes to Delaware (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | – | C+ | D− | 35 min | $75,125 |
| Delaware | 9% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $99,786 |
| Berlin Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 26 min | $168,698 |
| Oxford Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 26 min | $90,167 |
| Kingston Township | under 2% | A+ | D− | 25 min | $111,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$75,125 (±$27,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
21.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (33%, 23 mi), Delaware (9%, 5 mi), Westerville (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brown Township walkable?
Brown Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brown Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.