Work & commute · Brown

Work & commute in Brown, IN

Most working residents leave Brown for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Mooresville (13%), Center (13%) and Plainfield (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

865 of 6,463 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,598 Brown residents head out of town to work, 865 work right here, and 5,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brown.

5,598live here, work elsewhere

865live and work here

5,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brown goes to work

Mooresville0.7 mi away

13%819

Center17.8 mi away

13%812

Plainfield6.9 mi away

8%492

Wayne13.7 mi away

8%491

Pike20.4 mi away

4%282

Decatur8 mi away

4%250

Warren22.9 mi away

3%223

Greenwood14.5 mi away

3%189

Perry13.1 mi away

3%188

Washington23.1 mi away

3%179

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,538

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

How far

How far Brown commutes

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

30%

47%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brown are

6,859 jobs are based in Brown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brown

6,859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Brown residents hold

6,463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+9%

Jobs based in Brown, 2013 → 2023: 6,300 → 6,859. 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.