Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Bradfordsville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Bradfordsville for work; outside it, Lebanon is the main destination (32%, 8 miles). There are 10 jobs in Bradfordsville; 133 of its residents have a job. 1% of workers work from home, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Bradfordsville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Bradfordsville on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Bradfordsville’s residents
Where Bradfordsville clocks in
32% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
70% of the jobs in Bradfordsville make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bradfordsville, 2014 → 2024: 6 → 10. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bradfordsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Bradfordsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bradfordsville workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 141 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% 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 Bradfordsville
About 30% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Bradfordsville: questions
What is the median household income in Bradfordsville?
$29,722 (±$14,652) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bradfordsville?
22.7%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bradfordsville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bradfordsville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (32%, 8 mi), Danville (8%, 22 mi), Springfield (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bradfordsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bradfordsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bradfordsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.