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Work & commute · Brown

Work & commute in Brown, OH

Most working residents leave Brown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (15%), Piqua (8%) and Dayton (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
11 of 543 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 532 Brown residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brown.

532live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
99work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Brown goes to work

CasstownFletcherTipp CitySidneyPiquaVandaliaTroyHuber HeightsDaytonColumbusGreenJacksonSpringcreekNewberryJohnsonElizabethBrownLostcreekTroyPiquaDaytonColumbusTipp CitySidneyHuber HeightsVandaliaLostcreekBrown
1
Troy10.8 mi away
15%82
2
Piqua9 mi away
8%44
3
Dayton26.1 mi away
8%42
4
Columbus58.6 mi away
5%25
5
Tipp City14.1 mi away
4%23
6
Sidney10.8 mi away
4%21
7
Huber Heights20.2 mi away
3%14
8
Vandalia19.8 mi away
2%11
9
Brown (in town)right here
2%11
10
Lostcreek5.1 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%259

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.

22%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Brown is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brown are

110 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

110 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)46%
Trade, transport & utilities44%
Services (health, schools, offices…)10%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Brown residents hold

543 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month63%
−16%

Jobs based in Brown, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 110. 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.

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