Malmborg School · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Bridger draws 605 commuters a day, with 23.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Bridger; the top destination outside it is Bozeman (31%, 11 miles). Employers in Bridger report 605 jobs for 26 working residents. 42% of workers have no commute at all, next to 12% for Montana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bridger for work, and who comes in
On a workday 26 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 650 people are in Bridger on a workday afternoon, 793% 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 Bridger
Where Bridger clocks in
31% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Bridger
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridger, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 605. 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 Bridger’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bridger
of Bridger workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 41% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% 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.
The distance from Bridger to work
About 19% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Bridger: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bridger?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bridger work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bozeman (31%, 11 mi), Belgrade (8%, 14 mi), Four Corners (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bridger without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridger, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridger
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.