Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Bradley Junction has 2.8 jobs for every working resident: 571 people commute in to work
574 jobs are based in Bradley Junction, against 206 working residents. Only 1% stay in Bradley Junction for work; outside it, Lakeland is the main destination (14%, 18 miles). Home is the office for 22% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bradley Junction
Bradley Junction is where the jobs are
Bradley Junction has 574 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,000 people are in town, 58% more than the 630 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bradley Junction makes and builds things
81% of the jobs based in Bradley Junction are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bradley Junction residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Bradley Junction pay better than its residents’ jobs
92% of the jobs based in Bradley Junction pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 47% of the jobs Bradley Junction residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Bradley Junction. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Bradley Junction
On a workday 203 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in Bradley Junction on a workday afternoon, 58% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Bradley Junction, 81% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bradley Junction, 2013 → 2023: 699 → 574. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bradley Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Bradley Junction, and from where
Where Bradley Junction clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Working from home in Bradley Junction
of Bradley Junction workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 159 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bradley Junction
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bradley Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Bradley Junction?
$46,875 (±$22,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bradley Junction?
35.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bradley Junction work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakeland (14%, 18 mi), Bartow (8%, 12 mi), Tampa (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bradley Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bradley Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bradley Junction
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.