Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Brown Township works elsewhere
There are 17 jobs in Brown Township; 44 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Brown Township itself; outside it, Lock Haven draws the most (11%, 26 miles). Home is the office for 58% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brown Township by day and by night
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64 people are in Brown Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Commuting out of Brown Township: the destinations
Where Brown Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Brown Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brown Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 17. 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.
Time on the road from Brown Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 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 17 commuters (the 59% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brown Township
About 39% 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.
Next door to Brown Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $93,750 |
| Stewardson Township | under 3% | — | — | 50 min | — |
| McHenry Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Chapman Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Elk Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Pine Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stewardson Township, McHenry Township, Elk Township and Pine Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Chapman Township: 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?
$93,750 (±$77,526) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brown Township?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brown Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 58% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brown Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lock Haven (11%, 26 mi), Williamsport (11%, 30 mi), Flemington (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brown Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.