Work & commute · Bradford

Work & commute in Bradford, WI

Most working residents leave Bradford for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Janesville (13%), Madison (9%) and Clinton (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 460 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 452 Bradford residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bradford.

452live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bradford goes to work

Janesville10.4 mi away

13%62

Madison44.4 mi away

9%42

Clinton4.9 mi away

8%38

Beloit11.8 mi away

7%33

Whitewater15.7 mi away

6%26

Milton12 mi away

4%18

Fort Atkinson20.3 mi away

4%17

Darien5.4 mi away

3%15

Delavan10 mi away

3%12

Elkhorn15.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%189

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.

29%

37%

22%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bradford is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bradford are

133 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

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Bradford residents hold

460 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+6%

Jobs based in Bradford, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 133. 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.