Work & commute · Bridgeport

Work & commute in Bridgeport, CT

About one in 5 of Bridgeport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (8%), Stratford (7%) and New York (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

10,870 of 51,599 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 40,729 Bridgeport residents head out of town to work, 10,870 work right here, and 26,882 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeport.

40,729live here, work elsewhere

10,870live and work here

26,882work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeport goes to work

Bridgeport (in town)right here

21%10,870

Fairfield4 mi away

8%3,925

Stratford3.7 mi away

7%3,537

New York, NY53.1 mi away

5%2,723

Norwalk13.4 mi away

5%2,525

Stamford19.7 mi away

5%2,491

Shelton8.6 mi away

4%2,134

Trumbull6 mi away

4%2,079

New Haven16.5 mi away

3%1,613

Westport9 mi away

2%1,231

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%18,471

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

How far

How far Bridgeport commutes

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

50%

27%

12%

11%

50%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeport is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeport are

37,752 jobs are based in Bridgeport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridgeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bridgeport

37,752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bridgeport residents hold

51,599 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−4%

Jobs based in Bridgeport, 2013 → 2023: 39,384 → 37,752. 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.