Work & commute · Bridgeport

Work & commute in Bridgeport, NE

About one in 3 of Bridgeport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (11%), Gering (6%) and Bayard (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

154 of 540 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 386 Bridgeport residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 592 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeport.

386live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

592work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeport goes to work

Bridgeport (in town)right here

29%154

Scottsbluff32.3 mi away

11%62

Gering31.2 mi away

6%32

Bayard13.3 mi away

4%23

Omaha365.7 mi away

4%20

O'Neill234.8 mi away

3%14

Lincoln338.8 mi away

2%13

Sidney37.3 mi away

2%11

Alliance32.3 mi away

2%10

North Platte127.2 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%193

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.

40%

10%

28%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeport are

746 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

746 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Bridgeport residents hold

540 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−10%

Jobs based in Bridgeport, 2013 → 2023: 825 → 746. 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.