Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Bradford commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 266 jobs in Bradford; 856 of its residents have a job. Bradford grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 3% work in Bradford itself; outside it, Troy draws the most (14%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Bradford: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Bradford is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Bradford’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Bradford’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, Bradford could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Bradford by day and by night
On a workday 833 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Bradford 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.
The towns that employ Bradford’s residents
Where Bradford clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 41% of jobs based in Bradford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bradford, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 266. 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 Bradford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Bradford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bradford workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 788 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
Where in the region Bradford works
About 15% 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.
Most of Bradford commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bradford is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bradford 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 837 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). 3.6% of Bradford households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bradford’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bradford places 3,005th of 5,343 on jobs and income among 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,003 | Summerhill Township PA | 2,231 | $58K | 9.3% | 2.5% | 5% | C |
| 3,004 | Kimball NE | 2,271 | $56K | 14.9% | 0.0% | 46% | C |
| 3,005 | Bradford OH | 1,814 | $64K | 14.7% | 1.1% | 3% | C |
| 3,006 | Hennessey OK | 2,207 | $70K | 16.3% | 3.0% | 29% | C |
| 3,007 | Rose Township IL | 1,883 | $66K | 10.3% | 4.1% | 15% | 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 Bradford, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Bradford: questions
What is the median household income in Bradford?
$64,139 (±$10,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bradford?
14.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bradford?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bradford work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Troy (14%, 12 mi), Piqua (9%, 10 mi), Greenville (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bradford walkable?
Bradford is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bradford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bradford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bradford
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.