Work & commute · Brownstown

Work & commute in Brownstown, MI

Most working residents leave Brownstown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (12%), Dearborn (9%) and Taylor (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

552 of 13,985 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,433 Brownstown residents head out of town to work, 552 work right here, and 6,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownstown.

13,433live here, work elsewhere

552live and work here

6,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownstown goes to work

Detroit20 mi away

12%1,718

Dearborn14.1 mi away

9%1,220

Taylor8.2 mi away

5%687

Romulus10.5 mi away

5%639

Brownstown (in town)right here

4%552

Livonia21.2 mi away

3%475

Wyandotte7.9 mi away

3%430

Woodhaven1.8 mi away

3%421

Southfield25.3 mi away

3%413

Troy33.1 mi away

2%324

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%7,106

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.

29%

42%

20%

29%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownstown is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownstown are

6,636 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

6,636 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Brownstown residents hold

13,985 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+49%

Jobs based in Brownstown, 2011 → 2021: 4,461 → 6,636. 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.