Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0A job hub: Bridgeview has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 11,790 people come in to work
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 36.9 in Chicago. Bridgeview has 12,183 jobs; 6,794 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Bridgeview is better than 45% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bridgeview: the figures worth knowing
Bridgeview and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Bridgeview residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Bridgeview come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bridgeview is where the jobs are
Bridgeview has 12,183 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Bridgeview makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Bridgeview are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bridgeview residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Bridgeview draws workers from far and wide
The 12,183 jobs in Bridgeview are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 39%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Bridgeview’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Bridgeview’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bridgeview could be anywhere from C to B+.
The daily trip into Bridgeview
Where Bridgeview clocks in
29% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In and out of Bridgeview on a workday
On a workday 6,401 residents head out to work and 393 work right here.
About 22,000 people are in Bridgeview on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 37% of Bridgeview’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgeview, 2013 → 2023: 10,973 → 12,183. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridgeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Bridgeview takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgeview workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,938 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bridgeview
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bridgeview is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,426 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 94% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Bridgeview households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bridgeview’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bridgeview is 1,286th of 1,888 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,284 | Fort Carson CO | 18,019 | $66K | 15.3% | 3.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,285 | Kingsburg CA | 13,249 | $77K | 10.8% | 7.3% | 16% | C+ |
| 1,286 | Bridgeview IL | 16,521 | $67K | 12.8% | 7.6% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,287 | Warsaw IN | 16,130 | $61K | 17.6% | 2.3% | 42% | C+ |
| 1,288 | Manchester TN | 13,776 | $58K | 14.9% | 2.2% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bridgeview, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Bridgeview
The biggest share goes to Bedford Park (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridgeview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeview | – | C+ | A | 31 min | $66,655 |
| Burbank | under 2% | B− | A | 31 min | $80,116 |
| Bedford Park | 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Justice | under 2% | C | A | 32 min | $57,170 |
| Hickory Hills | 1% | B | A | 30 min | $77,262 |
| Oak Lawn | 3% | B+ | A | 31 min | $83,911 |
| Palos Hills | 1% | A− | A | 35 min | $83,533 |
| Stickney Township | under 2% | B | A | 30 min | $78,454 |
| Chicago Ridge | under 2% | C+ | A | 32 min | $68,964 |
| Lyons Township | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 30 min | $92,619 |
| Palos Township | under 2% | B+ | A | 33 min | $86,101 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bedford Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bridgeview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bridgeview: questions
What is the median household income in Bridgeview?
$66,655 (±$8,224) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridgeview?
12.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgeview?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgeview work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (29%, 9 mi), Bedford Park (3%, 3 mi), Oak Lawn (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bridgeview walkable?
Bridgeview is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridgeview without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridgeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridgeview
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.