Work & commute · Bradley Junction

Work & commute in Bradley Junction, FL

Most working residents leave Bradley Junction for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lakeland (14%), Bartow (8%) and Tampa (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 203 Bradley Junction residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bradley Junction.

203live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bradley Junction goes to work

Lakeland18.1 mi away

14%28

Bartow11.5 mi away

8%16

Tampa32.6 mi away

4%9

Orlando61.6 mi away

4%9

Plant City17.5 mi away

4%8

Mulberry7.7 mi away

3%6

East Lake-Orient Park27.7 mi away

2%4

Sebring39.4 mi away

1%3

Bradley Junction (in town)right here

1%3

Avon Park32.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%118

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bradley Junction commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

14%

37%

24%

26%

14%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bradley Junction is a job hub

2.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bradley Junction are

574 jobs are based in Bradley Junction. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bradley Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bradley Junction

574 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Bradley Junction residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−18%

Jobs based in Bradley Junction, 2013 → 2023: 699 → 574. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.