Work & commute · Brady

Work & commute in Brady, TX

42% of Brady’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are San Angelo (4%), Mason (3%) and Lubbock (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

820 of 1,941 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,121 Brady residents head out of town to work, 820 work right here, and 932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brady.

1,121live here, work elsewhere

820live and work here

932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brady goes to work

Brady (in town)right here

42%820

San Angelo69 mi away

4%87

Mason26.3 mi away

3%53

Lubbock225 mi away

3%53

Brownwood46.7 mi away

3%51

Eden30.3 mi away

2%44

Abilene95.3 mi away

2%44

Melvin15.1 mi away

2%42

Houston252.9 mi away

2%34

Midland174.6 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%681

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.

45%

10%

40%

45%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brady is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brady are

1,752 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

1,752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Brady residents hold

1,941 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−41%

Jobs based in Brady, 2013 → 2023: 2,984 → 1,752. 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.