Work & commute · Bridgman

Work & commute in Bridgman, MI

Most working residents leave Bridgman for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lake (10%), St. Joseph (9%) and Lincoln (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

81 of 896 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 815 Bridgman residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 831 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgman.

815live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

831work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgman goes to work

Lake1.8 mi away

10%88

Bridgman (in town)right here

9%81

St. Joseph12.1 mi away

9%80

Lincoln6.4 mi away

7%61

Benton15.2 mi away

6%56

Grand Rapids84.8 mi away

4%32

Oronoko8.3 mi away

4%32

St. Joseph10.3 mi away

3%31

Chikaming6.2 mi away

3%28

New Buffalo13 mi away

3%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%384

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

How far

How far Bridgman commutes

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

39%

32%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgman are

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

Jobs based in Bridgman

912 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Bridgman residents hold

896 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−54%

Jobs based in Bridgman, 2011 → 2021: 2,003 → 912. 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.