Brooklyn Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Home is the office for 10% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Employers in Brooklyn Township report 145 jobs for 302 working residents. Hardly any stay in Brooklyn Township for work; outside it, Bridgewater Township is the main destination (10%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Brooklyn Township
On a workday 299 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Brooklyn Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 people from Brooklyn Township work
Where Brooklyn Township clocks in
10% 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.
Goods jobs make up 51% of work in Brooklyn Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooklyn Township, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 145. 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 Brooklyn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Brooklyn Township, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooklyn Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 239 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.
The commute from Brooklyn Township, by distance
About 28% 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.
Brooklyn Township and its neighbors: 12% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brooklyn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $74,583 |
| Harford Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 36 min | $90,417 |
| Lenox Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 26 min | $75,833 |
| Bridgewater Township | 10% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $65,625 |
| Lathrop Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| New Milford Township | under 2% | C | C | 28 min | $61,932 |
| Dimock Township | 2% | B− | C− | 30 min | $87,946 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lathrop Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bridgewater Township. Darker towns draw more of Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brooklyn Township?
$74,583 (±$18,776) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooklyn Township?
14.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooklyn Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooklyn Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgewater Township (10%, 6 mi), Mehoopany Township (5%, 20 mi), Montrose (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brooklyn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooklyn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooklyn 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.