Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Braham has lower household incomes than 75% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Braham C−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Below the poverty line: 16.1% of residents, next to 9.3% for Minnesota as a whole. 6% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Braham, in brief
Braham has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Braham went from 334 in 2013 to 535 in 2023, +60%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Braham workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 899 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Braham
On income, poverty and job access, Braham is better than 15% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Braham’s grade.
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Braham’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, Braham could be anywhere from D to C.
What the 535 jobs in Braham are
535 jobs are based in Braham.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Braham, 2013 → 2023: 334 → 535. 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 Braham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Braham to work
About 31% 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.
About 30 minutes each way for Braham’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Braham workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 658 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Braham by day
On a workday 848 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 484 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Braham on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
13% of working residents work in Cambridge
Where Braham clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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 around Braham: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Braham is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Braham near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 703 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). 9.5% of Braham households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Braham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Braham is 4,108th among 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,106 | Summit Township PA | 1,877 | $56K | 13.5% | 7.5% | 2% | C− |
| 4,107 | Catlettsburg KY | 1,722 | $38K | 20.1% | 9.8% | 7% | C− |
| 4,108 | Braham MN | 1,789 | $59K | 16.1% | 5.0% | 6% | C− |
| 4,109 | Deerfield Township MI | 1,882 | $58K | 14.1% | 3.3% | 1% | C− |
| 4,110 | Brookfield NY | 2,235 | $69K | 16.6% | 7.1% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | 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 Braham, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work in the towns next to Braham
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Braham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braham | – | C− | B− | 30 min | $59,375 |
| Stanchfield Township | under 3% | B | B | 29 min | $87,917 |
| Grass Lake Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 42 min | $82,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Braham’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 Braham: questions
What is the median household income in Braham?
$59,375 (±$10,600) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Braham?
16.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Braham?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Braham work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (13%, 12 mi), Minneapolis (7%, 53 mi), Blaine (3%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Braham walkable?
Braham is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Braham without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Braham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Braham
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.