Shiloh College · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainEarning a living in Bradley Township
About one in ten work in Bradley Township itself; outside it, Carbondale draws the most (11%, 23 miles). For jobs and income Bradley Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). The average commute, 28 minutes each way, matches the Illinois norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Bradley Township apart
Jobs & income in Bradley Township: the grade in detail
Household income holds Bradley Township’s grade up ($70,781, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Bradley Township’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, Bradley Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The distance from Bradley Township to work
About 20% 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.
A workday in Bradley Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 621 residents head out to work, 79 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Bradley Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The towns that employ Bradley Township’s residents
Where Bradley Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
Inside Bradley Township’s 474 jobs
474 jobs are based in Bradley Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bradley Township, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 474. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Bradley Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bradley Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 633 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute in Bradley Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 16.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 712 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). 22.0% of Bradley Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bradley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,220th of 5,656: where Bradley Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,218 | Hale Center TX | 1,979 | $57K | 18.0% | 8.9% | 5% | C− |
| 4,219 | Clarendon TX | 1,860 | $57K | 9.0% | 1.0% | 24% | C− |
| 4,220 | Bradley Township IL | 1,883 | $71K | 16.7% | 2.3% | 11% | C− |
| 4,221 | Union Township IN | 1,532 | $76K | 19.3% | 4.6% | 5% | C− |
| 4,222 | Conneaut Township PA | 1,307 | $58K | 10.8% | 0.7% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Bradley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Bradley Township
The biggest share goes to Ora Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bradley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Township | – | C− | B | 28 min | $70,781 |
| Ora Township | 4% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Kinkaid Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Degognia Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Ava | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ora Township, Kinkaid Township, Degognia Township and Ava: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bradley Township’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 Bradley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bradley Township?
$70,781 (±$13,434) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bradley Township?
16.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bradley Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bradley Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carbondale (11%, 23 mi), Murphysboro (10%, 16 mi), Steeleville (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bradley Township walkable?
Bradley Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bradley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bradley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bradley Township
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.