Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Brown Township (2.5%) than in 77% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 1% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Brown Township grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 5% stay in Brown Township for work; outside it, Defiance is the main destination (9%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Brown Township apart
Brown Township makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Brown Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Brown Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
Few Brown Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 882 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Brown Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brown Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Brown Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brown Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Making and building: 72% of jobs based in Brown Township
564 jobs are based in Brown Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 569 → 564. 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Brown Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 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 1,114 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.
The daily commute in and out of Brown Township
On a workday 839 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 521 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Brown Township work
Where Brown Township clocks in
7% 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.
The commute from Brown Township, by distance
About 18% 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 Brown Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brown Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,127 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). 1.6% 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 is 2,334th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 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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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,332 | Glen Rock PA | 2,129 | $87K | 8.2% | 8.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,333 | Pine Grove PA | 2,077 | $64K | 7.8% | 4.3% | 16% | B− |
| 2,334 | Brown Township OH | 1,879 | $74K | 10.4% | 2.5% | 5% | B− |
| 2,335 | Calais VT | 1,661 | $101K | 8.8% | 0.8% | 5% | B− |
| 2,336 | Parks AZ | 1,706 | $78K | 5.5% | 1.0% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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.
Brown Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | – | B− | C− | 26 min | $73,750 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Jackson Township | 4% | C | D | 23 min | $59,167 |
| Auglaize Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 26 min | $61,020 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 32 min | $76,944 |
| Melrose | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township and Melrose: 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?
$73,750 (±$19,657) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
10.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
26 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?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Defiance (9%, 11 mi), Paulding (7%, 10 mi), Van Wert (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brown Township walkable?
Brown Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% 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.