Photo: Jaknouse · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Brown Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. 23 jobs are based in Brown Township; 98 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Brown Township; the top destination outside it is Columbus (9%, 56 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Brown Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 towns that employ Brown Township’s residents
Where Brown Township clocks in
9% of workers
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 23. 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.
Each way, about 41 minutes from Brown Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 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 116 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far Brown Township’s workers travel
About 33% 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.
How Brown Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | – | — | — | 41 min | $47,981 |
| Swan Township | under 3% | — | — | 48 min | — |
| Starr Township | under 3% | — | D− | 32 min | — |
| Waterloo Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 34 min | $67,188 |
| Knox Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Swan Township and Knox 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?
$47,981 (±$11,924) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
23.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (9%, 56 mi), Athens (7%, 14 mi), McArthur (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brown Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.