With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Browntown works elsewhere
1 jobs are based in Browntown for 86 working residents. Hardly any work in Browntown itself; outside it, Columbia draws the most (9%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Browntown for work, and who comes in
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3 people are in Browntown on a workday afternoon, 97% 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 Browntown: the destinations
Where Browntown clocks in
9% of workers
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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Browntown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Browntown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Browntown commutes less than 36 miles
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.
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 Browntown: questions
What is the median household income in Browntown?
$20,189 (±$1,591) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Browntown?
0.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Browntown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (9%, 35 mi), Florence (8%, 30 mi), Bishopville (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
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), 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.