Work & commute · Brownsdale

Work & commute in Brownsdale, MN

Most working residents leave Brownsdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (38%), Rochester (19%) and Albert Lea (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 303 Brownsdale residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownsdale.

303live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownsdale goes to work

Austin7.2 mi away

38%117

Rochester27.1 mi away

19%57

Albert Lea25.5 mi away

3%8

Owatonna30.4 mi away

3%8

Windom7.6 mi away

3%8

Red Rock1.6 mi away

2%7

Austin10.2 mi away

2%5

Brownsdale (in town)right here

1%4

Adams14.2 mi away

1%4

Stewartville20.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%85

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

How far

How far Brownsdale commutes

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

47%

12%

24%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownsdale is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownsdale are

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

Jobs based in Brownsdale

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Brownsdale residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+87%

Jobs based in Brownsdale, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 99. 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.