State Street Bridge · Photo: Ian Poellet (User:Werewombat) · CC BY-SA 3.0Bridgeport Township has lower household incomes than 85% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 18.6% of residents, against 13.2% across Michigan. Jobs and income earn Bridgeport Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Home is the office for 4% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bridgeport Township apart on work
Bridgeport Township and Saginaw trade workers both ways
Saginaw is the top workplace for Bridgeport Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Bridgeport Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bridgeport Township makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Bridgeport Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bridgeport Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Bridgeport Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
59% of the jobs based in Bridgeport Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 43% of the jobs Bridgeport Township residents hold. 86% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Bridgeport Township. The jobs ↓
Few Bridgeport Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Bridgeport Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bridgeport Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #602 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Bridgeport Township’s grade up (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,462, U.S. $80,734).
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bridgeport Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
17% of working residents work in Saginaw
Where Bridgeport Township clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Bridgeport Township
2,419 jobs are based in Bridgeport Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgeport Township, 2011 → 2021: 2,338 → 2,419. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridgeport Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Bridgeport Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgeport Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,755 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Who commutes out of Bridgeport Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,209 residents head out to work, 329 work right here, and 2,090 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,800 people are in Bridgeport Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 2021, primary jobs.
How far Bridgeport Township goes to work
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Bridgeport Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bridgeport Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #533 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Bridgeport Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,906 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.5% of Bridgeport Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bridgeport Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bridgeport Township ranks: 2,342nd of 2,761 U.S. towns of 6,900 to 13,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,340 | Cameron MO | 7,341 | $62K | 15.7% | 5.4% | 26% | C− |
| 2,341 | East Stroudsburg PA | 9,438 | $60K | 15.0% | 8.3% | 12% | C− |
| 2,342 | Bridgeport Township MI | 9,874 | $52K | 18.6% | 6.7% | 9% | C− |
| 2,343 | Cheviot OH | 8,623 | $53K | 22.6% | 8.5% | 2% | C− |
| 2,344 | Bucyrus OH | 11,631 | $54K | 14.9% | 6.2% | 27% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,761 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Bridgeport Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
20% of Bridgeport Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Saginaw (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridgeport Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport Township | – | C− | C− | 27 min | $52,462 |
| Saginaw | 17% | D | B+ | 19 min | $38,579 |
| Buena Vista Township | 3% | C− | B− | 20 min | $44,397 |
| Spaulding Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $61,518 |
| Taymouth Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 26 min | $81,667 |
| Frankenmuth Township | under 2% | A | B− | 19 min | $102,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bridgeport Township’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 2021, 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 Bridgeport Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bridgeport Township?
$52,462 (±$4,452) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridgeport Township?
18.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgeport Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgeport Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saginaw (17%, 6 mi), Saginaw Township (9%, 10 mi), Frankenmuth (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bridgeport Township walkable?
Bridgeport Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridgeport Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridgeport Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridgeport Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.