Work & commute · Brady

Work & commute in Brady, NE

Most working residents leave Brady for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are North Platte (35%), Omaha (7%) and Gothenburg (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 144 Brady residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brady.

144live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brady goes to work

North Platte21.2 mi away

35%53

Omaha225.1 mi away

7%11

Brady (in town)right here

6%9

Gothenburg13 mi away

3%5

Grand Island105 mi away

3%5

Stapleton32.5 mi away

3%4

Maxwell9.1 mi away

3%4

McCook58 mi away

2%3

Lincoln193.3 mi away

2%3

Lexington36.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%54

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

How far

How far Brady commutes

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

10%

46%

37%

10%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brady is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brady are

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

Jobs based in Brady

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Brady residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+13%

Jobs based in Brady, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 89. 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.