Work & commute · Brownsburg

Work & commute in Brownsburg, IN

Most working residents leave Brownsburg for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Center (16%), Pike (8%) and Wayne (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,748 of 15,361 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,613 Brownsburg residents head out of town to work, 1,748 work right here, and 11,366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownsburg.

13,613live here, work elsewhere

1,748live and work here

11,366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownsburg goes to work

Center13.7 mi away

16%2,415

Brownsburg (in town)right here

11%1,748

Pike6.9 mi away

8%1,205

Wayne7.8 mi away

7%1,127

Washington13.2 mi away

6%995

Carmel15.5 mi away

5%760

Plainfield9.8 mi away

4%551

Avon5.1 mi away

4%540

Warren20 mi away

2%328

Danville7.8 mi away

2%327

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%5,365

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

How far

How far Brownsburg commutes

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

37%

49%

37%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownsburg are

13,114 jobs are based in Brownsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brownsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brownsburg

13,114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Brownsburg residents hold

15,361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+38%

Jobs based in Brownsburg, 2013 → 2023: 9,521 → 13,114. 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.