Every workday, about 1,800 people come to Brandywine Township for work
Most working residents leave Brandywine Township for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Indianapolis (29%), Shelbyville (21%) and Greenfield (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.
Work and commuting in Brandywine Township, in brief
Brandywine Township is where the jobs are
Brandywine Township has 1,867 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,000 people are in town, 45% more than the 2,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Brandywine Township and Indianapolis trade workers both ways
Indianapolis is the top workplace for Brandywine Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Brandywine Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The biggest group of Brandywine Township’s workers comes from Indianapolis
282 of the people who work in Brandywine Township live in Indianapolis, 21 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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 926 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Brandywine Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 899 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 1,840 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Brandywine Township on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Brandywine Township’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Brandywine Township clocks in
29% of workers
21% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Brandywine Township commutes less than 19 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 1,867 jobs in Brandywine Township are
1,867 jobs are based in Brandywine Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brandywine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brandywine Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,873 → 1,867. 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.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brandywine Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
23% of Brandywine Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Shelbyville (21%). Darker towns draw more of Brandywine Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Brandywine Township
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brandywine Township, from the people who make the trip.
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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.