Work & commute · Bridgeport

Work & commute in Bridgeport, IL

Most working residents leave Bridgeport for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceville (10%), Vincennes (10%) and Robinson (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 775 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 727 Bridgeport residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeport.

727live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeport goes to work

Lawrenceville4 mi away

10%77

Vincennes, IN13.6 mi away

10%74

Bridgeport (in town)right here

6%48

Robinson20.7 mi away

5%37

Allison9.5 mi away

5%35

Christy5.3 mi away

4%33

Lawrence3.8 mi away

4%28

Olney17.6 mi away

3%25

Vincennes, IN12 mi away

3%25

Patoka, IN26.6 mi away

3%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%371

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.

34%

28%

11%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeport is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeport are

285 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

285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Bridgeport residents hold

775 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−47%

Jobs based in Bridgeport, 2013 → 2023: 538 → 285. 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.