Work & commute · Bradford

Work & commute in Bradford, TN

Most working residents leave Bradford for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (18%), Milan (14%) and Union City (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 448 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 418 Bradford residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bradford.

418live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bradford goes to work

Jackson28.7 mi away

18%80

Milan11.7 mi away

14%62

Bradford (in town)right here

7%30

Union City27.6 mi away

6%27

Trenton10.1 mi away

5%21

Martin18.4 mi away

4%19

Memphis92.9 mi away

3%14

Dyersburg31.4 mi away

3%12

Dyer9.9 mi away

2%10

Greenfield6.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%164

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.

17%

35%

29%

19%

17%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bradford is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bradford are

202 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

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Bradford residents hold

448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−2%

Jobs based in Bradford, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 202. 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.