Work & commute · Brownstown

Work & commute in Brownstown, IN

Most working residents leave Brownstown for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Seymour (24%), Brownstown (15%) and Columbus (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

486 of 2,574 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,088 Brownstown residents head out of town to work, 486 work right here, and 1,276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownstown.

2,088live here, work elsewhere

486live and work here

1,276work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownstown goes to work

Seymour9.2 mi away

24%618

Brownstown0.8 mi away

15%382

Columbus22.9 mi away

9%244

Brownstown (in town)right here

4%104

Hamilton6.9 mi away

3%75

Center61.5 mi away

3%72

Washington68.4 mi away

2%41

Bloomington32 mi away

1%38

Greenwood49.4 mi away

1%36

Bedford24.1 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%929

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

How far

How far Brownstown commutes

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

36%

29%

11%

25%

36%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownstown is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownstown are

1,762 jobs are based in Brownstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brownstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brownstown

1,762 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Brownstown residents hold

2,574 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+30%

Jobs based in Brownstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,358 → 1,762. 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.