Work & commute · Brown

Work & commute in Brown, MI

Most working residents leave Brown for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Marlette (6%), Flynn (4%) and Port Huron (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

45 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 342 Brown residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 415 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brown.

342live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

415work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brown goes to work

Brown City (in town)right here

12%45

Marlette9.2 mi away

6%23

Flynn6.2 mi away

4%17

Port Huron31.8 mi away

3%13

Sandusky16.4 mi away

3%12

Imlay City14.2 mi away

3%11

Maple Valley3 mi away

3%10

Bruce25.4 mi away

2%9

Elk9.5 mi away

2%8

Lapeer20.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%232

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.

28%

24%

25%

22%

28%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brown are

460 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

460 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Brown residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+39%

Jobs based in Brown, 2011 → 2021: 331 → 460. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.