Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Brookville has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 2,530 people commute in to work
2,973 jobs are based in Brookville, and 1,527 of its residents work somewhere. Brookville grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in four work in Brookville itself; outside it, Pine Creek Township draws the most (6%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Brookville apart on work
Brookville is where the jobs are
Brookville has 2,973 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Brookville are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania 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.
Why Brookville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brookville is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #940 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Brookville’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brookville could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Brookville
On a workday 1,084 residents head out to work and 443 work right here.
About 5,300 people are in Brookville on a workday afternoon, 37% more 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.
Commuting from Brookville: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,665 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where the people who work in Brookville live
Where Brookville clocks in
6% of workers
3% 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.
In Brookville, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookville, 2013 → 2023: 3,321 → 2,973. 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 Brookville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Brookville’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
Brookville is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brookville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #193 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Brookville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,812 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). 11.7% of Brookville households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Brookville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brookville next to U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200: 3,414th of 4,264 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,412 | Waterloo NY | 4,674 | $52K | 11.7% | 6.8% | 13% | C− |
| 3,413 | Gallipolis OH | 3,318 | $45K | 14.8% | 3.4% | 17% | C− |
| 3,414 | Brookville PA | 3,883 | $60K | 12.8% | 6.4% | 29% | C− |
| 3,415 | Timberville VA | 3,166 | $60K | 17.1% | 5.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,416 | Bolivar Peninsula TX | 2,951 | $76K | 12.2% | 0.0% | 14% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Brookville, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Brookville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville | – | C− | A | 19 min | $60,214 |
| Rose Township | 2% | C | C | 18 min | $70,673 |
| Pine Creek Township | 6% | C | B− | 21 min | $67,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pine Creek Township. Darker towns draw more of Brookville’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 Brookville: questions
What is the median household income in Brookville?
$60,214 (±$11,146) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookville?
12.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookville?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookville work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine Creek Township (6%, 4 mi), Sandy Township (3%, 18 mi), DuBois (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brookville walkable?
Brookville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brookville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookville
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.