Work & commute · Browns Grove

Work & commute in Browns Grove, KS

Most working residents leave Browns Grove for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Larned (15%), Pawnee (9%) and Hutchinson (6%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 124 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Browns Grove residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Browns Grove.

117live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Browns Grove goes to work

Larned22.6 mi away

15%18

Pawnee18.4 mi away

9%11

Hutchinson88 mi away

6%8

Burdett1.8 mi away

6%7

Great Bend40 mi away

6%7

Santa Fe18.9 mi away

6%7

Topeka213.7 mi away

5%6

Wichita123.6 mi away

4%5

Grant6 mi away

2%3

La Crosse24.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%50

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

How far

How far Browns Grove commutes

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

36%

17%

39%

8%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Browns Grove is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Browns Grove are

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

Jobs based in Browns Grove

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Browns Grove residents hold

124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−15%

Jobs based in Browns Grove, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 73. 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.