Work & commute · Bridge

Work & commute in Bridge, TX

Most working residents leave Bridge for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (15%), Port Arthur (11%) and Orange (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

239 of 4,131 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 3,892 Bridge residents head out of town to work, 239 work right here, and 1,435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridge.

3,892live here, work elsewhere

239live and work here

1,435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridge goes to work

Beaumont18.6 mi away

15%609

Port Arthur9.6 mi away

11%437

Orange8.2 mi away

9%368

Houston94.3 mi away

8%314

Bridge City (in town)right here

6%239

Port Neches8.7 mi away

3%135

Nederland10.5 mi away

3%123

Central Gardens11.2 mi away

2%65

Vidor11.2 mi away

2%62

Groves7.5 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,728

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

How far

How far Bridge commutes

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

33%

34%

30%

33%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridge is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridge are

1,674 jobs are based in Bridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bridge

1,674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Bridge residents hold

4,131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−11%

Jobs based in Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,890 → 1,674. 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.