Work & commute · Brownwood

Work & commute in Brownwood, TX

42% of Brownwood’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Austin (5%), Early (3%) and San Antonio (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

3,315 of 7,978 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 4,663 Brownwood residents head out of town to work, 3,315 work right here, and 6,429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownwood.

4,663live here, work elsewhere

3,315live and work here

6,429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownwood goes to work

Brownwood (in town)right here

42%3,315

Austin121.6 mi away

5%418

Early3.1 mi away

3%264

San Antonio157.8 mi away

3%227

Houston251.2 mi away

2%170

Dallas149.2 mi away

2%154

Waco105.7 mi away

1%99

Abilene67.9 mi away

1%86

Stephenville56.3 mi away

1%80

Fort Worth120.5 mi away

1%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,086

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

How far

How far Brownwood commutes

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

55%

40%

55%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownwood are

9,744 jobs are based in Brownwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brownwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brownwood

9,744 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Brownwood residents hold

7,978 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−2%

Jobs based in Brownwood, 2013 → 2023: 9,971 → 9,744. 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.