Photo: Vasiliy Meshko · CC BY 3.0Most of Browntown commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Browntown; the top destination outside it is Pittston Township (9%, 4 miles). 214 jobs are based in Browntown; 572 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 23% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Browntown, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Browntown than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Browntown fell from 851 in 2014 to 214 in 2024, −75%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Most Browntown residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Browntown’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 572 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The kinds of work in Browntown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Browntown, 2014 → 2024: 851 → 214. 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 Browntown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Browntown
About 17% 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.
Commuting from Browntown: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Browntown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 667 commuters (the 23% 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.
Who works in Browntown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 564 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Browntown 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Browntown’s residents
Where Browntown clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Next door to Browntown
The biggest share goes to Pittston (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Browntown’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 Browntown: questions
What is the median household income in Browntown?
$69,332 (±$2,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Browntown?
5.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Browntown?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Browntown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittston Township (9%, 4 mi), Plains Township (9%, 4 mi), Wilkes-Barre (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Browntown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Browntown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Browntown
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.