Work & commute · Challenge-Brownsville

Work & commute in Challenge-Brownsville, CA

Most working residents leave Challenge-Brownsville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grass Valley (6%), Sacramento (5%) and San Francisco (5%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 314 Challenge-Brownsville residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Challenge-Brownsville.

314live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Challenge-Brownsville goes to work

Grass Valley20.3 mi away

6%18

Sacramento62.9 mi away

5%17

San Francisco153.4 mi away

5%15

Roseville48.1 mi away

4%14

Oroville16 mi away

4%12

Yuba City30.7 mi away

4%12

Marysville27.6 mi away

3%9

Challenge-Brownsville (in town)right here

3%9

Chico35.8 mi away

2%8

Oakland128.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%202

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Challenge-Brownsville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

22%

19%

51%

8%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Challenge-Brownsville is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Challenge-Brownsville are

89 jobs are based in Challenge-Brownsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Challenge-Brownsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Challenge-Brownsville

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Challenge-Brownsville residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−16%

Jobs based in Challenge-Brownsville, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 89. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.