Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Brady Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Brady Township C; getting around on foot earns it C+. 128 jobs are based in Brady Township, against 786 working residents. 7% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
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 is a place people come home to
There are 128 jobs based in Brady Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brady Township has about 1,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Brady Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania 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 786 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Brady Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Brady Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Brady Township’s grade up (9.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Brady Township’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, Brady Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
In and out of Brady Township on a workday
On a workday 763 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Brady Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Brady Township’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brady Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 787 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
16% of working residents work in Sandy Township
Where Brady Township clocks in
15% of workers
4% 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.
In Brady Township, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brady Township, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 128. 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.
Half of Brady Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 24% 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.
For most of Brady Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brady Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 846 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). 16.2% of Brady Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Brady Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Brady Township is 3,387th among 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,385 | Groveland NY | 2,086 | $82K | 14.1% | 6.2% | 3% | C |
| 3,386 | Brown Township OH | 2,130 | $73K | 10.1% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,387 | Brady Township PA | 1,899 | $67K | 9.6% | 7.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,388 | Rockdale Township PA | 1,356 | $71K | 10.4% | 4.1% | <1% | C |
| 3,389 | Egg Harbor WI | 1,562 | $75K | 8.9% | 2.0% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | 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 Brady Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Brady Township’s workers
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 | $66,944 |
| Sandy Township | 16% | C | B− | 20 min | $79,365 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Henderson Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $58,750 |
| Bell Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township, Bloom Township and Bell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sandy Township. 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?
$66,944 (±$6,044) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brady Township?
9.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brady Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brady Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandy Township (16%, 7 mi), DuBois (15%, 6 mi), St. Marys (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brady Township walkable?
Brady Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brady Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 16% 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.