Work & commute · Bridgeton

Work & commute in Bridgeton, MI

Most working residents leave Bridgeton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (11%), Grand Rapids (10%) and Sheridan (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 916 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 912 Bridgeton residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeton.

912live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeton goes to work

Fremont8.6 mi away

11%102

Grand Rapids30.4 mi away

10%94

Sheridan5.6 mi away

5%46

Muskegon16.5 mi away

4%36

Newaygo10.1 mi away

3%28

Wyoming33.6 mi away

3%25

Walker25.9 mi away

3%24

Plainfield25.6 mi away

3%23

Norton Shores17.8 mi away

2%18

Sparta17.2 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%502

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

How far

How far Bridgeton commutes

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

25%

28%

31%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeton is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeton are

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

Jobs based in Bridgeton

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Bridgeton residents hold

916 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+66%

Jobs based in Bridgeton, 2011 → 2021: 41 → 68. 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.