Brunswick has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
8,391 jobs are based in Brunswick, and 16,214 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Brunswick A; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in ten stay in Brunswick for work; outside it, Cleveland is the main destination (13%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Brunswick in brief
Where Brunswick’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brunswick is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #135 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($90,663, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brunswick could be anywhere from A− to A.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Brunswick
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brunswick workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,827 commuters (the 12% 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 Brunswick for work, and who comes in
On a workday 14,595 residents head out to work, 1,619 work right here, and 6,772 people come in from elsewhere.
About 27,000 people are in Brunswick on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where the trip to work from Brunswick ends
Where Brunswick clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
What Brunswick’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brunswick, 2013 → 2023: 8,223 → 8,391. 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 Brunswick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Brunswick to work
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.
Driving is how Brunswick gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brunswick is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #487 of 993 in Ohio. 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 19,059 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 36% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Brunswick households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Brunswick’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Brunswick ranks: 229th of 1,194 U.S. towns of 25,000 to 47,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 5 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Middletown Township PA | 45,547 | $114K | 5.4% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| 228 | Raymore MO | 26,633 | $104K | 5.0% | 3.0% | 6% | A |
| 229 | Brunswick OH | 35,114 | $91K | 6.1% | 2.0% | 10% | A |
| 230 | Perinton NY | 46,823 | $112K | 4.8% | 3.3% | 15% | A |
| 231 | Pelham AL | 25,664 | $101K | 6.7% | 2.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,194 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Brunswick, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Brunswick: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brunswick workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick | – | A | B− | 28 min | $90,663 |
| Brunswick Hills Township | under 2% | A | B− | 29 min | $94,276 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brunswick’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 Brunswick: questions
What is the median household income in Brunswick?
$90,663 (±$5,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brunswick?
6.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brunswick?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brunswick work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (13%, 18 mi), Strongsville (6%, 5 mi), Medina (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brunswick walkable?
Brunswick is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brunswick without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brunswick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brunswick
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.