Brady has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Brady has 142 jobs for 370 working residents. Only 1% stay in Brady for work; outside it, Aberdeen is the main destination (16%, 13 miles). 11% of workers have no commute at all (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Brady: the gist
Brady and Aberdeen trade workers both ways
Aberdeen is the top workplace for Brady residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Brady come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Commutes from Brady are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington 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 370 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Brady goes to work
Where Brady clocks in
16% of workers
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.
How far Brady’s workers travel
About 35% 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.
Brady’s commute takes about 20 minutes
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 workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Brady
On a workday 366 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Brady on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Making and building: 82% of jobs based in Brady
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brady, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 142. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Brady and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Montesano. Darker towns draw more of Brady’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: questions
What is the median household income in Brady?
$108,750 (±$56,696) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brady?
0.6%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brady?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brady work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aberdeen (16%, 13 mi), Montesano (14%, 2 mi), Olympia (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brady without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brady, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brady
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.