Work & commute · Brown

Work & commute in Brown, MI

Most working residents leave Brown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Manistee (20%), Manistee (7%) and Stronach (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 194 Brown residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brown.

194live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brown goes to work

Manistee6.8 mi away

20%38

Manistee11.4 mi away

7%13

Stronach7.2 mi away

5%10

Dickson8.3 mi away

4%8

Traverse City39.9 mi away

4%7

Filer12.5 mi away

3%5

Garfield37.4 mi away

3%5

Lansing134.8 mi away

2%3

Benzonia24.2 mi away

2%3

Norman11 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%99

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%

21%

15%

33%

30%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brown is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brown are

13 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

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less69%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Brown residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−43%

Jobs based in Brown, 2011 → 2021: 23 → 13. 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.