Work & commute · Bradley

Work & commute in Bradley, WV

Most working residents leave Bradley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (31%), Prosperity (5%) and Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 576 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 570 Bradley residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bradley.

570live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bradley goes to work

Beckley7.2 mi away

31%181

Prosperity2.3 mi away

5%28

Charleston40.2 mi away

4%24

Oak Hill7.9 mi away

3%19

Fayetteville14.8 mi away

2%11

MacArthur8.3 mi away

2%10

Sophia11.3 mi away

1%8

Princeton35.1 mi away

1%8

Bradley (in town)right here

1%6

Lewisburg43.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%276

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.

59%

11%

16%

14%

59%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bradley is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bradley are

138 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

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Bradley residents hold

576 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−65%

Jobs based in Bradley, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 138. 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.