Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Brown Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Ohio 13%). Brown Township has 110 jobs for 543 working residents. For jobs and income Brown Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−).
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
Brown Township is a place people come home to
There are 110 jobs based in Brown Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brown Township has about 750 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Brown Township’s 19-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 23 to 34 minutes. Next door ↓
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 543 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Brown Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Brown Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Brown Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The daily flow of workers through Brown Township
On a workday 532 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
15% of working residents work in Troy
Where Brown Township clocks in
15% 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.
Brown Township makes things: 46% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 110. 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 long Brown Township spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 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 609 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.
Miles to work from Brown Township
About 16% 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.
In Brown Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 640 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). 6.6% 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 next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 215th of 4,312 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 213 | Los Ranchos CA | 1,467 | $122K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 214 | Wilderness Rim WA | 1,560 | $150K | 3.3% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 215 | Brown Township OH | 1,187 | $100K | 2.2% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 216 | Paris WI | 1,356 | $107K | 6.7% | 4.6% | 4% | A |
| 217 | Marthasville MO | 1,302 | $112K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Brown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Brown Township
The biggest share goes to Lostcreek Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | – | A | D− | 19 min | $100,417 |
| Springcreek Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 30 min | $68,707 |
| Johnson Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 30 min | $59,967 |
| Lostcreek Township | 2% | A | D− | 23 min | $96,667 |
| Green Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Green 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?
$100,417 (±$25,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
2.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Troy (15%, 11 mi), Piqua (8%, 9 mi), Dayton (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brown Township walkable?
Brown Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 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 7% 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.