Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Brownhelm Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 5% work in Brownhelm Township; the top destination outside it is Vermilion (11%, 1 miles). Brownhelm Township has 1,063 jobs for 3,139 working residents. For jobs and income Brownhelm Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Brownhelm Township: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Brownhelm Township works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Brownhelm Township: Vermilion (11%), Lorain (8%) and Amherst (4%). Next door ↓
Brownhelm Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Brownhelm Township
Job access by car holds Brownhelm Township’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brownhelm Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The daily trip from Brownhelm Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brownhelm Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,108 commuters (the 11% 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.
Who leaves Brownhelm Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,980 residents head out to work, 159 work right here, and 904 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Brownhelm Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Brownhelm Township’s residents
Where Brownhelm Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
What Brownhelm Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brownhelm Township, 2013 → 2023: 956 → 1,063. 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 Brownhelm Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Brownhelm Township’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
Few in Brownhelm Township walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,500 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). 3.1% of Brownhelm Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brownhelm Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brownhelm Township next to U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,900: 1,989th of 3,049 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 28 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,987 | Warrenton OR | 6,312 | $71K | 7.0% | 4.0% | 23% | C+ |
| 1,988 | Columbia PA | 10,314 | $54K | 21.4% | 3.2% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,989 | Brownhelm Township OH | 8,053 | $62K | 7.8% | 6.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,990 | North College Hill OH | 9,544 | $65K | 20.6% | 4.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,991 | Troy Township OH | 7,113 | $62K | 9.3% | 4.6% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,049 | 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 Brownhelm Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 25% of Brownhelm Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brownhelm Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownhelm Township | – | C+ | C | 28 min | $62,452 |
| Vermilion | 11% | B | C+ | 26 min | $69,701 |
| Henrietta Township | under 2% | B− | C | 29 min | $71,597 |
| Amherst Township | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $82,554 |
| Lorain | 8% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $48,685 |
| Vermilion Township | 2% | B− | D | 27 min | $73,407 |
| Amherst | 4% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $90,725 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Vermilion. Darker towns draw more of Brownhelm 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 Brownhelm Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brownhelm Township?
$62,452 (±$15,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brownhelm Township?
7.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brownhelm Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brownhelm Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vermilion (11%, 1 mi), Cleveland (9%, 33 mi), Elyria (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brownhelm Township walkable?
Brownhelm Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brownhelm Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brownhelm Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brownhelm 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.