There are 3.5 jobs in Bronson for every working resident, and 1,628 people commute in
At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%). 1,677 jobs are based in Bronson, against 484 working residents. Bronson grades C for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bronson at work: what stands out
Bronson has far more jobs than workers
Bronson has 1,677 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,500 people are in town, 92% more than the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bronson’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bronson is Gainesville, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (130) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Bronson is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. 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 484 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Bronson’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bronson is better than 30% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bronson’s grade up (8.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Bronson’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bronson could be anywhere from D to B.
How a workday changes Bronson
On a workday 435 residents head out to work and 49 work right here.
About 2,500 people are in Bronson on a workday afternoon, 92% more than live here.
3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Bronson’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bronson, 2013 → 2023: 1,604 → 1,677. 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 Bronson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Bronson
Where Bronson clocks in
27% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Bronson takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bronson workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 809 commuters (the 5% 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.
In Bronson, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bronson is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 851 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Bronson households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bronson’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bronson ranks: 2,706th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,704 | Tunbridge VT | 1,364 | $89K | 14.4% | 0.5% | 3% | C |
| 2,705 | Victoria MS | 1,121 | $70K | 36.8% | 0.0% | 0% | C |
| 2,706 | Bronson FL | 1,292 | $62K | 8.5% | 4.4% | 10% | C |
| 2,707 | Shepherd MI | 1,513 | $70K | 17.0% | 0.9% | 7% | C |
| 2,708 | Webberville MI | 1,314 | $58K | 18.7% | 6.4% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bronson, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Bronson
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bronson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronson | – | C | C | 26 min | $61,923 |
| East Bronson | under 2% | C | C− | 36 min | $51,898 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bronson’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bronson: questions
What is the median household income in Bronson?
$61,923 (±$18,717) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bronson?
8.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bronson?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bronson work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (27%, 24 mi), Williston (5%, 12 mi), Jacksonville (4%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bronson walkable?
Bronson is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bronson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bronson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bronson
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.