Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Brown Township (7.9%) than in 88% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns. Brown Township grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven stay in Brown Township for work; outside it, Canton is the main destination (13%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Brown Township
Brown Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Brown Township makes and builds things
43% 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 31%. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Brown Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brown Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #892 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Brown Township’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brown Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Brown Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 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 2,759 commuters (the 9% 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.
In Brown Township, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,922 jobs are based in Brown Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,067 → 1,922. 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.
The daily commute in and out of Brown Township
On a workday 2,706 residents head out to work, 437 work right here, and 1,485 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.61 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 Brown Township’s working residents head each day
Where Brown Township clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls 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
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brown Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #336 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,018 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). 8.3% of Brown Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Brown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Brown Township is 2,645th of 3,122 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,643 | Tillamook OR | 5,162 | $58K | 11.8% | 4.8% | 31% | C− |
| 2,644 | White River Township IN | 7,169 | $59K | 14.2% | 5.9% | 29% | C− |
| 2,645 | Brown Township OH | 7,280 | $57K | 14.8% | 7.9% | 14% | C− |
| 2,646 | Live Oak CA | 9,466 | $74K | 17.4% | 6.6% | 7% | C− |
| 2,647 | Brookville Township IN | 5,797 | $64K | 11.3% | 7.6% | 17% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
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 | – | C− | B | 36 min | $56,688 |
| Augusta Township | under 3% | B | C− | 32 min | $84,000 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | A− | D | 26 min | $71,542 |
| Sandy Township | under 3% | B− | B+ | 27 min | $68,537 |
| Paris Township | under 3% | B | C | 21 min | $68,528 |
| Osnaburg Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $72,281 |
| Rose Township | under 3% | B | C | 34 min | $89,250 |
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?
$56,688 (±$4,399) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
14.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (13%, 14 mi), Minerva (10%, 4 mi), Jackson Township (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brown Township walkable?
Brown Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brown Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% 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.