Work & commute · Bradford

Work & commute in Bradford, MN

Most working residents leave Bradford for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (9%), Minneapolis (7%) and Isanti (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,670 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,643 Bradford residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bradford.

1,643live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bradford goes to work

Cambridge6 mi away

9%152

Minneapolis38.1 mi away

7%109

Isanti4.5 mi away

5%79

Blaine24.4 mi away

4%59

Anoka20.8 mi away

3%55

St. Paul40.5 mi away

3%51

Coon Rapids23.3 mi away

3%48

Edina43 mi away

3%43

Roseville35.4 mi away

2%40

St. Francis8.7 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%997

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

How far

How far Bradford commutes

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

21%

29%

43%

21%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bradford is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bradford are

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

Jobs based in Bradford

400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Bradford residents hold

1,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+135%

Jobs based in Bradford, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 400. 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.