Most of Bradley commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
143 jobs are based in Bradley, against 665 working residents. Bradley grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 2% work in Bradley; the top destination outside it is Bangor (30%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bradley: the gist
Bradley is a place people come home to
There are 143 jobs based in Bradley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bradley has about 1,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Bradley works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Bradley: Orono (12%), Old Town (10%) and Milford (4%). Next door ↓
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 665 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Bradley’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Bradley is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bradley’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Bradley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bradley could be anywhere from C− to B+.
In and out of Bradley on a workday
On a workday 653 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Bradley on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Bradley’s working residents head each day
Where Bradley clocks in
30% of workers
12% 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.
Bradley makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bradley, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 143. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Bradley’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bradley workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 740 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bradley
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.
Bradley is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bradley is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 842 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). 2.0% of Bradley households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bradley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Bradley ranks 1,952nd of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 516 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 558 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 607 | Newcastle ME | 1,915 | $90K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,950 | Manawa WI | 1,411 | $88K | 10.6% | 3.9% | 11% | B− |
| 1,951 | Noble Township IN | 1,896 | $92K | 9.8% | 4.5% | 1% | B− |
| 1,952 | Bradley ME | 1,581 | $77K | 4.6% | 1.4% | 2% | B− |
| 1,953 | Clarksburg MA | 1,625 | $77K | 4.0% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| 1,954 | Warriors Mark Township PA | 1,851 | $87K | 8.5% | 2.8% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Bordering towns draw 26% of Bradley’s workers
The biggest share goes to Orono (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bradley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley | – | B− | C | 23 min | $76,667 |
| Orono | 12% | B+ | A− | 15 min | $61,528 |
| Old Town | 10% | C | B+ | 20 min | $51,585 |
| Milford | 4% | B | C− | 23 min | $85,111 |
| Eddington | under 2% | B | D | 32 min | $75,350 |
| Amherst | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Clifton | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Amherst: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Clifton: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bradley’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: questions
What is the median household income in Bradley?
$76,667 (±$28,024) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bradley?
4.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bradley?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bradley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (30%, 13 mi), Orono (12%, 9 mi), Old Town (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bradley walkable?
Bradley is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bradley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bradley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bradley
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.