Work & commute · Brookston

Work & commute in Brookston, IN

Most working residents leave Brookston for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (33%), West Lafayette (12%) and Chalmers (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 867 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 836 Brookston residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookston.

836live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookston goes to work

Lafayette13.9 mi away

33%283

West Lafayette11.3 mi away

12%108

Chalmers4.3 mi away

4%34

Brookston (in town)right here

4%31

Monticello11.2 mi away

2%20

Prairie1.1 mi away

2%20

Center68.7 mi away

2%14

Kokomo39.9 mi away

1%12

Washington62.9 mi away

1%11

Wayne65.5 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%324

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

How far

How far Brookston commutes

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

15%

55%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookston is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookston are

165 jobs are based in Brookston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brookston

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Brookston residents hold

867 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−40%

Jobs based in Brookston, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 165. 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.