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Work & commute in Brownington · A commuter town

100% of Brownington’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Brownington for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (18%), Norton Shores (6%) and Leeton (6%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 17 working residents
Typical commute
46 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
29 min
More than MO (24 min)
Work from home
12%
Less than MO (13%)
Jobs based here
1
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Brownington?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

18% of working residents work in Clinton

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Norton Shores: 1 residents work here (6%)BrowningtonLeeton: 1 residents work here (6%)Adrian: 1 residents work here (6%)Mount Vernon: 1 residents work here (6%)Gladstone: 1 residents work here (6%)Monett: 1 residents work here (6%)Bolivar: 1 residents work here (6%)St. Robert: 1 residents work here (6%)Clinton: 3 residents work here (18%)Carthage: 1 residents work here (6%)ClintonClintonNorton ShoresLeetonAdrianMount VernonGladstoneBrownington
1
Clinton9.1 mi away
18%3
2
Norton Shores, MI518.8 mi away
6%1
3
Leeton23.5 mi away
6%1
4
Adrian35.6 mi away
6%1
5
Mount Vernon78.9 mi away
6%1
6
Gladstone80.7 mi away
6%1
7
Monett92.1 mi away
6%1
8
Bolivar47.3 mi away
6%1
9
St. Robert89.9 mi away
6%1
10
Carthage82.6 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%5
The top trips

Where Brownington clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
219 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Brownington29 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

of Brownington workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Brownington quiets down on a workday

On a workday 17 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

17live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night58
Workday42
58live here− 17head out to work+ 1come in to work= 42on a workday

About 42 people are in Brownington on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Brownington commutes less than 46 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClinton: 18% · 9.1 miNorton Shores: 6% · 518.8 miLeeton: 6% · 23.5 miAdrian: 6% · 35.6 miMount Vernon: 6% · 78.9 miGladstone: 6% · 80.7 miMonett: 6% · 92.1 miBolivar: 6% · 47.3 miSt. Robert: 6% · 89.9 miCarthage: 6% · 82.6 miClinton 18%Norton Shores 6%Leeton 6%Adrian 6%Mount Vernon 6%Brownington
BrowningtonTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi3 residents
18%10–24 mi3 residents
18%25–50 mi3 residents
47%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 47% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in BrowningtonJobs Brownington residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%24%
Trade, transport & utilities0%35%
Services: health, schools, offices100%41%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%24%
Over $3,333 a month0%59%

Who does it

29 or younger0%24%
30 to 540%59%
55 and older100%18%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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