Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Brownsville has 6.6 jobs for every working resident: 1,962 people commute in to work
Working residents average 22 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. There are 1,988 jobs in Brownsville, and 302 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Brownsville; the top destination outside it is Fond du Lac (11%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Brownsville apart
Brownsville fills up on a workday
Brownsville has 1,988 jobs, 6.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,400 people are in town, 4 times the 670 who live here. Day and night ↓
Brownsville makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Brownsville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Brownsville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Brownsville pay better than its residents’ jobs
88% of the jobs based in Brownsville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 65% of the jobs Brownsville residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Brownsville. The jobs ↓
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 302 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Brownsville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 276 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 2,400 people are in Brownsville on a workday afternoon, 253% more 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.
51% of the jobs in Brownsville make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brownsville, 2014 → 2024: 1,201 → 1,988. 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 Brownsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Brownsville
Where Brownsville clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
From Brownsville, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brownsville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 324 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Brownsville’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
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 Brownsville: questions
What is the median household income in Brownsville?
$94,063 (±$23,869) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brownsville?
4.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brownsville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brownsville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fond du Lac (11%, 11 mi), Lomira (8%, 3 mi), Mayville (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Brownsville 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 Brownsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brownsville
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.