Brown Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Jobs and income earn Brown Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. 948 jobs are based in Brown Township, against 1,833 working residents. Home is the office for 4% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Brown Township in brief
Few Brown Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Brown Township works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Brown Township: Derry Township (8%), Armagh Township (8%) and Union Township (6%). Next door ↓
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.
Inside Brown Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brown Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #705 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Brown Township’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brown Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
From Brown Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brown Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,101 commuters (the 4% 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 daily flow of workers through Brown Township
On a workday 1,673 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 788 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
8% of working residents work in Derry Township
Where Brown Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
30% of the jobs in Brown Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 940 → 948. 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 Brown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Brown Township
About 22% 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.
In Brown Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brown Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #551 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Brown Township 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 2,195 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). 12.4% of Brown Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Brown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,255th of 4,195: where Brown Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700
| # | 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+ |
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| 24 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 29 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 71 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,253 | Muleshoe TX | 5,162 | $69K | 10.6% | 0.0% | 30% | B− |
| 2,254 | Milford Township IN | 2,992 | $91K | 8.5% | 5.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,255 | Brown Township PA | 4,187 | $80K | 16.9% | 1.8% | 9% | B− |
| 2,256 | Stock Island FL | 4,162 | $66K | 11.5% | 1.8% | 9% | B− |
| 2,257 | Edgewater CO | 4,870 | $77K | 15.2% | 6.5% | 1% | B− |
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| 4,195 | 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 Brown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 25% of Brown Township
The biggest share goes to Derry Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | – | B− | B− | 27 min | $79,821 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Derry Township | 8% | B | B− | 19 min | $69,070 |
| Granville Township | 3% | B− | C− | 26 min | $76,250 |
| Union Township | 6% | B− | B− | 19 min | $64,615 |
| Armagh Township | 8% | C | D | 31 min | $74,278 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brown 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 Brown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brown Township?
$79,821 (±$21,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
16.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derry Township (8%, 7 mi), Armagh Township (8%, 11 mi), Lewistown (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brown Township walkable?
Brown Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brown Township without a car?
2% 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 Brown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brown 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.