Work & commute · Brownton

Work & commute in Brownton, MN

Most working residents leave Brownton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (24%), Glencoe (11%) and Stewart (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 351 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 345 Brownton residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownton.

345live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownton goes to work

Hutchinson10.6 mi away

24%85

Glencoe10.1 mi away

11%40

Stewart6.7 mi away

3%11

Waconia28.5 mi away

3%11

Chaska36.8 mi away

3%9

New Ulm29.6 mi away

2%8

St. Paul62.9 mi away

2%7

Brownton (in town)right here

2%6

Eden Prairie44.5 mi away

2%6

Dassel24.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%163

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

How far

How far Brownton commutes

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

16%

38%

26%

20%

16%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownton is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownton are

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

Jobs based in Brownton

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Brownton residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+111%

Jobs based in Brownton, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 40. 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.