Work & commute · Bridgeton

Work & commute in Bridgeton, MO

Most working residents leave Bridgeton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (13%), Maryland Heights (10%) and Creve Coeur (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

381 of 5,210 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 4,829 Bridgeton residents head out of town to work, 381 work right here, and 21,970 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeton.

4,829live here, work elsewhere

381live and work here

21,970work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeton goes to work

St. Louis13.3 mi away

13%678

Maryland Heights4.9 mi away

10%496

Bridgeton (in town)right here

7%381

Creve Coeur7.8 mi away

5%272

Chesterfield11.8 mi away

4%214

St. Charles5.5 mi away

4%205

Clayton10.1 mi away

4%185

St. Peters10.1 mi away

3%168

Berkeley4.7 mi away

3%166

Hazelwood1.9 mi away

3%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,312

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.

61%

32%

61%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeton is a job hub

4.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeton are

22,351 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

22,351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Bridgeton residents hold

5,210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+4%

Jobs based in Bridgeton, 2013 → 2023: 21,500 → 22,351. 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.