Work & commute · Bradley

Work & commute in Bradley, IL

Most working residents leave Bradley for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (17%), Bourbonnais (9%) and Chicago (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,008 of 7,052 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,044 Bradley residents head out of town to work, 1,008 work right here, and 6,424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bradley.

6,044live here, work elsewhere

1,008live and work here

6,424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bradley goes to work

Kankakee4.4 mi away

17%1,170

Bradley (in town)right here

14%1,008

Bourbonnais2.1 mi away

9%632

Chicago47.3 mi away

8%548

Joliet29 mi away

3%178

Manteno6.1 mi away

2%173

Manteno5.8 mi away

2%115

Momence9.5 mi away

2%113

University Park20.8 mi away

1%91

Tinley Park28.1 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,962

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

How far

How far Bradley commutes

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

48%

20%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bradley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bradley are

7,432 jobs are based in Bradley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bradley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bradley

7,432 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bradley residents hold

7,052 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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Jobs based in Bradley, 2013 → 2023: 7,524 → 7,432. 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.