Payne-Gentry House · Photo: Chuck Morris · CC BY-SA 3.0Bridgeton has 4.3 jobs for every working resident: 21,970 people commute in to work
Bridgeton grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Employers in Bridgeton report 22,351 jobs; 5,210 of its residents have a job. Only 7% work in Bridgeton; the top destination outside it is St. Louis (13%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bridgeton, in a few figures
Bridgeton fills up on a workday
Bridgeton has 22,351 jobs, 4.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 28,000 people are in town, more than double the 11,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bridgeton draws workers from far and wide
The 22,351 jobs in Bridgeton are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 31%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most Bridgeton residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
Bridgeton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bridgeton is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #74 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Bridgeton’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bridgeton could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How many people are in Bridgeton by day
On a workday 4,829 residents head out to work and 381 work right here.
About 28,000 people are in Bridgeton on a workday afternoon, 152% 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.
The daily trip into Bridgeton
Where Bridgeton clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bridgeton
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.
67% of the jobs in Bridgeton pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgeton, 2013 → 2023: 21,500 → 22,351. 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 Bridgeton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Bridgeton: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgeton workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,653 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
Driving is how Bridgeton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bridgeton is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #74 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,324 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 49% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 8.0% of Bridgeton households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bridgeton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bridgeton ranks: 1,080th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,078 | Granbury TX | 13,263 | $74K | 6.9% | 2.7% | 20% | B+ |
| 1,079 | Emmett Township MI | 11,712 | $79K | 10.0% | 2.5% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,080 | Bridgeton MO | 11,277 | $72K | 11.5% | 3.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,081 | Brooklyn OH | 11,072 | $69K | 9.1% | 3.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,082 | Fort Russell Township IL | 9,158 | $73K | 7.6% | 3.3% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Bridgeton, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
17% of Bridgeton works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Maryland Heights (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridgeton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeton | – | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $72,005 |
| Maryland Heights | 10% | A | A− | 21 min | $86,436 |
| St. Ann | under 3% | B− | A | 21 min | $52,323 |
| Hazelwood | 3% | C | A− | 27 min | $55,908 |
| St. Charles | 4% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $85,937 |
| Champ | under 3% | — | — | 8 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Champ: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bridgeton’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 Bridgeton: questions
What is the median household income in Bridgeton?
$72,005 (±$16,699) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridgeton?
11.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgeton?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgeton work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (13%, 13 mi), Maryland Heights (10%, 5 mi), Creve Coeur (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bridgeton walkable?
Bridgeton is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridgeton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridgeton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridgeton
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.