Work & commute · Brownstown

Work & commute in Brownstown, PA

Most working residents leave Brownstown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Johnstown (25%), Richland (10%) and Pittsburgh (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 302 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 302 Brownstown residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownstown.

302live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownstown goes to work

Johnstown1.1 mi away

25%74

Richland6 mi away

10%30

Pittsburgh55.1 mi away

4%11

Upper Yoder3.7 mi away

4%11

Westmont1.3 mi away

3%8

Lower Yoder2.2 mi away

3%8

Somerset22.5 mi away

2%7

Windber9 mi away

2%5

Altoona30.7 mi away

2%5

Ferndale3.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%139

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

How far

How far Brownstown commutes

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

53%

13%

10%

24%

53%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownstown is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownstown are

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

Jobs based in Brownstown

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Brownstown residents hold

302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−26%

Jobs based in Brownstown, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 20. 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.