Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Brady Township has higher unemployment (5.8%) than 72% of U.S. towns
Only 7% stay in Brady Township for work; outside it, Bryan is the main destination (16%, 9 miles). Jobs and income earn Brady Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C. 3% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Brady Township in brief
Brady Township makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Brady Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Brady Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
Few Brady Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Brady Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brady Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #749 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Brady Township’s grade up (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brady Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Goods jobs make up 64% of work in Brady Township
1,034 jobs are based in Brady Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brady Township, 2013 → 2023: 995 → 1,034. 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 Brady Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Brady Township, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brady Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,111 commuters (the 3% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Brady Township
On a workday 1,144 residents head out to work, 89 work right here, and 945 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
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 places Brady Township commutes to
Where Brady Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
The distance from Brady Township to work
About 17% 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 trips from Brady Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brady Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #676 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,148 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). 4.1% of Brady Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Brady Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brady Township places 2,949th of 5,083 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 2,947 | Urbana NY | 2,048 | $77K | 8.4% | 2.8% | 21% | C+ |
| 2,948 | Caneadea NY | 2,217 | $83K | 16.3% | 8.4% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,949 | Brady Township OH | 2,579 | $73K | 8.9% | 5.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,950 | Millersburg PA | 2,540 | $54K | 13.0% | 2.9% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,951 | Dublin VA | 2,652 | $62K | 16.1% | 2.7% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Brady Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Brady Township
The biggest share goes to Jefferson Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brady Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Township | – | C+ | C | 20 min | $72,500 |
| German Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 15 min | $76,146 |
| Jefferson Township | 2% | B | D− | 16 min | $73,750 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 20 min | $80,724 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Stryker | under 2% | B | C− | 19 min | $72,569 |
| Mill Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklin Township and Mill Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brady 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 Brady Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brady Township?
$72,500 (±$12,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brady Township?
8.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brady Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brady Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (16%, 9 mi), Montpelier (10%, 9 mi), Archbold (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brady Township walkable?
Brady Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brady Township without a car?
1% 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 Brady Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brady 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.