Work & commute · Bridgeport

Work & commute in Bridgeport, TX

Most working residents leave Bridgeport for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (9%), Fort Worth (8%) and Denton (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

439 of 2,498 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,059 Bridgeport residents head out of town to work, 439 work right here, and 2,142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeport.

2,059live here, work elsewhere

439live and work here

2,142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeport goes to work

Bridgeport (in town)right here

18%439

Decatur10.9 mi away

9%232

Fort Worth38.7 mi away

8%211

Denton36.6 mi away

3%76

Dallas65.3 mi away

3%67

Arlington51.7 mi away

2%55

Irving52.8 mi away

2%45

Wichita Falls64.5 mi away

1%33

Chico5.9 mi away

1%27

Runaway Bay5 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,287

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.

35%

10%

27%

35%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeport are

2,581 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

2,581 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Bridgeport residents hold

2,498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−59%

Jobs based in Bridgeport, 2013 → 2023: 6,312 → 2,581. 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.