Work & commute · Bridgeport

Work & commute in Bridgeport, WA

Most working residents leave Bridgeport for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Coulee (5%), Brewster (5%) and Chelan (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 476 working residents

Typical commute

31 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 432 Bridgeport residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeport.

432live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeport goes to work

Bridgeport (in town)right here

9%44

Grand Coulee31.4 mi away

5%24

Brewster8.2 mi away

5%22

Chelan19.4 mi away

4%21

Wenatchee49.9 mi away

4%18

Omak29.4 mi away

3%13

Mansfield13.6 mi away

3%12

Seattle127.2 mi away

3%12

Pateros11 mi away

2%11

Coulee Dam32.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%288

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.

24%

16%

25%

35%

24%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeport is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeport are

236 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

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Bridgeport residents hold

476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+232%

Jobs based in Bridgeport, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 236. 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.