Work & commute · Bradford

Work & commute in Bradford, PA

About one in 3 of Bradford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bradford (13%), Foster (6%) and Olean (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

968 of 2,993 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 2,025 Bradford residents head out of town to work, 968 work right here, and 2,908 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bradford.

2,025live here, work elsewhere

968live and work here

2,908work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bradford goes to work

Bradford (in town)right here

32%968

Bradford3.9 mi away

13%382

Foster1.2 mi away

6%178

Olean, NY13.6 mi away

3%95

Lewis Run6.5 mi away

3%88

Salamanca, NY14.6 mi away

2%52

Warren27.1 mi away

2%46

St. Marys35.5 mi away

1%39

Allegany, NY10.6 mi away

1%36

Pittsburgh125.9 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,074

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.

56%

12%

24%

56%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bradford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bradford are

3,876 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

3,876 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bradford residents hold

2,993 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−27%

Jobs based in Bradford, 2013 → 2023: 5,288 → 3,876. 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.