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Jobs & commute in Bridgeport

For about half of its working residents, Bridgeport is a commute to Salina

The Census job records count 26 working residents of Bridgeport and no jobs based in it. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Hardly any stay in Bridgeport for work; outside it, Salina is the main destination (50%, 13 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Kansas 11.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Kansas 3.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 26 working residents
Work from home
0%
Kansas 12% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Bridgeport

On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

26live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night29
Workday3
29live here− 26head out to work+ 0come in to work= 3on a workday

About 3 people are in Bridgeport on a workday afternoon, 90% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Bridgeport to work: where people go

Assaria: 2 residents work here (8%)Moundridge: 1 residents work here (4%)Russell: 1 residents work here (4%)Abilene: 1 residents work here (4%)Independence: 1 residents work here (4%)McPherson: 1 residents work here (4%)Salina: 13 residents work here (50%)Hutchinson: 1 residents work here (4%)Wichita: 1 residents work here (4%)McPherson Township: 2 residents work here (8%)BridgeportSalinaAssariaMcPherson TownshipMoundridgeRussellAbileneBridgeport
1
Salina12.8 mi away
50%13
2
Assaria3.7 mi away
8%2
3
McPherson Township15.9 mi away
8%2
4
Moundridge29.9 mi away
4%1
5
Russell69.1 mi away
4%1
6
Abilene29.2 mi away
4%1
7
Independence141.3 mi away
4%1
8
McPherson18 mi away
4%1
9
Hutchinson42 mi away
4%1
10
Wichita66.4 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
8%2
The top trips

Where Bridgeport clocks in

50%Salina
50% of workers
12.8 mi awaySalina13 Bridgeport residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8%Assaria
8% of workers
3.7 mi awayAssaria2 Bridgeport residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
15.9 mi awayMcPherson Township2 Bridgeport residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Bridgeport

Working from home
0%

of Bridgeport workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Bridgeport gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 20 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Half of Bridgeport commutes less than 15 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSalina: 50% · 12.8 miAssaria: 8% · 3.7 miMcPherson Township: 8% · 15.9 miMoundridge: 4% · 29.9 miRussell: 4% · 69.1 miAbilene: 4% · 29.2 miIndependence: 4% · 141.3 miMcPherson: 4% · 18 miHutchinson: 4% · 42 miWichita: 4% · 66.4 miSalina 50%Assaria 8%McPherson Township 8%Moundridge 4%Russell 4%Bridgeport
BridgeportTop destinations (size = commuters)
12%Under 10 mi3 residents
65%10–24 mi17 residents
12%25–50 mi3 residents
12%Over 50 mi3 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bridgeport: questions

What is the poverty rate in Bridgeport?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Bridgeport work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Bridgeport without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 43% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bridgeport, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Bridgeport

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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.