Work & commute · Brownsville

Work & commute in Brownsville, WI

Most working residents leave Brownsville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fond du Lac (10%), Lomira (7%) and Mayville (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 262 Brownsville residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 1,891 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownsville.

262live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

1,891work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownsville goes to work

Fond du Lac11.2 mi away

10%28

Lomira3 mi away

7%20

Mayville8.5 mi away

6%17

Lomira3.4 mi away

5%14

Oshkosh28.4 mi away

4%12

West Bend20.8 mi away

4%11

Brownsville (in town)right here

4%10

Hartford21 mi away

3%8

Germantown32.2 mi away

3%8

Leroy5.4 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%136

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.

33%

32%

22%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownsville is a job hub

6.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

7.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownsville are

1,901 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

1,901 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Brownsville residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+70%

Jobs based in Brownsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,121 → 1,901. 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.