Work & commute · Brownsville

Work & commute in Brownsville, PA

Most working residents leave Brownsville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are South Union (5%), California (5%) and Luzerne (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 803 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 748 Brownsville residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownsville.

748live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownsville goes to work

Brownsville (in town)right here

7%55

South Union13.6 mi away

5%41

California3.5 mi away

5%37

Luzerne3.8 mi away

4%33

North Union13.5 mi away

4%32

Uniontown12 mi away

4%30

Pittsburgh29.4 mi away

4%30

Rostraver11.4 mi away

2%19

Brownsville1.2 mi away

2%16

Franklin18.6 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%494

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

How far

How far Brownsville commutes

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

32%

38%

16%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownsville is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownsville are

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

Jobs based in Brownsville

578 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Brownsville residents hold

803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−19%

Jobs based in Brownsville, 2013 → 2023: 714 → 578. 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.