Work & commute · Bridgeport

Work & commute in Bridgeport, MI

Most working residents leave Bridgeport for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Saginaw (17%), Saginaw (9%) and Frankenmuth (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

329 of 3,541 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,212 Bridgeport residents head out of town to work, 329 work right here, and 2,090 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeport.

3,212live here, work elsewhere

329live and work here

2,090work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeport goes to work

Saginaw6.3 mi away

17%593

Saginaw10.2 mi away

9%334

Bridgeport (in town)right here

9%329

Frankenmuth6.9 mi away

7%232

Buena Vista7.4 mi away

3%117

Midland26.2 mi away

2%87

Flint24.1 mi away

2%78

Lansing55.8 mi away

2%74

Flint24.3 mi away

2%67

Birch Run8.2 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,563

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.

48%

17%

10%

25%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeport is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeport are

2,419 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

2,419 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bridgeport residents hold

3,541 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+3%

Jobs based in Bridgeport, 2011 → 2021: 2,338 → 2,419. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.