Work & commute · Brownhelm

Work & commute in Brownhelm, OH

Most working residents leave Brownhelm for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Vermilion (11%), Cleveland (9%) and Elyria (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

159 of 3,139 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,980 Brownhelm residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 904 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownhelm.

2,980live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

904work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownhelm goes to work

Vermilion1.2 mi away

11%338

Cleveland33.4 mi away

9%267

Elyria11.1 mi away

8%243

Lorain7.6 mi away

8%242

Amherst4.3 mi away

4%118

Westlake20.2 mi away

4%115

Avon16.4 mi away

3%101

Avon Lake16.9 mi away

2%71

Oberlin8.7 mi away

2%70

Vermilion4.2 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,520

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

How far

How far Brownhelm commutes

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

30%

31%

25%

15%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownhelm is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownhelm are

1,063 jobs are based in Brownhelm. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brownhelm’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brownhelm

1,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Brownhelm residents hold

3,139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+11%

Jobs based in Brownhelm, 2013 → 2023: 956 → 1,063. 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.