Browns Point Lighthouse and Keeper's Cottage · Photo: Steven Pavlov · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Browns Point commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 89 jobs in Browns Point, and 501 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 35 minutes getting to work on average; Washington averages 27, the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 27% of workers (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Browns Point, in a few figures
Browns Point and Tacoma trade workers both ways
Tacoma is the top workplace for Browns Point residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Browns Point come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Browns Point is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Browns Point, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Browns Point has about 570 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Browns Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical 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; with 501 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
22% of working residents work in Tacoma
Where Browns Point clocks in
9% 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.
How a workday changes Browns Point
On a workday 498 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Browns Point on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
The trip to work from Browns Point: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Browns Point workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 291 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
65% of the jobs in Browns Point pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Browns Point, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 89. 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 Browns Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Browns Point
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.
Work next door: 22% of Browns Point’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Browns Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Point | – | — | — | 35 min | $96,875 |
| Tacoma | 22% | B | A+ | 29 min | $85,884 |
| Dash Point | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dash Point: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tacoma. Darker towns draw more of Browns Point’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 Browns Point: questions
What is the median household income in Browns Point?
$96,875 (±$17,275) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Browns Point?
15.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Browns Point?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Browns Point work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tacoma (22%, 4 mi), Seattle (9%, 22 mi), Kent (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Browns Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Browns Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Browns Point
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.