Work & commute · Bradley

Work & commute in Bradley, WI

Most working residents leave Bradley for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Tomahawk (17%), Merrill (7%) and Rhinelander (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

104 of 1,129 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,025 Bradley residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 776 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bradley.

1,025live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

776work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bradley goes to work

Tomahawk5.6 mi away

17%190

Bradley (in town)right here

9%104

Merrill16 mi away

7%81

Rhinelander22.6 mi away

7%80

Wausau31.3 mi away

6%72

Madison161.1 mi away

2%20

Marshfield55.1 mi away

2%19

Minocqua29.4 mi away

1%16

Stevens Point61.9 mi away

1%15

Green Bay106.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%518

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

How far

How far Bradley commutes

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

29%

20%

17%

34%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bradley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bradley are

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

Jobs based in Bradley

880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Bradley residents hold

1,129 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+12%

Jobs based in Bradley, 2013 → 2023: 789 → 880. 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.