Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Brockton works elsewhere
Employers in Brockton report 8 jobs for 163 working residents. Hardly any work in Brockton itself; outside it, Walker Township draws the most (6%, 4 miles). 9% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Brockton
On a workday 163 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Brockton on a workday afternoon, 50% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Brockton: the destinations
Where Brockton clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 Brockton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brockton, 2014 → 2024: 40 → 8. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brockton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brockton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Brockton
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Brockton
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brockton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockton | – | — | — | 34 min | $81,250 |
| Maryd | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maryd: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brockton’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 2024, 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 Brockton: questions
What is the median household income in Brockton?
$81,250 (±$23,220) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brockton?
3.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brockton?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brockton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Walker Township (6%, 4 mi), Tamaqua (6%, 8 mi), Pottsville (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Brockton 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 Brockton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brockton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.