Courthouse and Jail House Rocks · Photo: Caddywagon at English Wikipedia · Public domainHouseholds in Bridgeport earn less than those in 73% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 15.5%, where Nebraska as a whole has 10.6%. For jobs and income Bridgeport is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (A). About one in four stay in Bridgeport for work; outside it, Scottsbluff is the main destination (11%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bridgeport at work: what stands out
Bridgeport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bridgeport is Scottsbluff, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (62) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Bridgeport are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 19 across Nebraska. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Nebraska worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 540 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Bridgeport’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Bridgeport’s grade up ($60,404, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.3%) is left out: Bridgeport’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bridgeport could be anywhere from D− to C.
How many miles Bridgeport commutes
About 22% 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.
About 14 minutes to work from Bridgeport
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgeport workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 535 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 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.
A workday in Bridgeport: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 386 residents head out to work, 154 work right here, and 592 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Bridgeport on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Bridgeport to work: where people go
Where Bridgeport clocks in
11% 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.
What work there is in Bridgeport: 746 jobs
746 jobs are based in Bridgeport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgeport, 2013 → 2023: 825 → 746. 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 Bridgeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Bridgeport
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 558 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). 9.1% of Bridgeport households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bridgeport’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,801st of 5,877: where Bridgeport ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 234 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 307 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,799 | Ada MN | 1,712 | $64K | 16.8% | 7.2% | 38% | D |
| 4,800 | Canby MN | 1,674 | $58K | 14.9% | 6.7% | 39% | D |
| 4,801 | Bridgeport NE | 1,421 | $60K | 15.5% | 9.3% | 29% | D |
| 4,802 | Middleburgh NY | 1,153 | $47K | 11.6% | 3.5% | 12% | D |
| 4,803 | Blue Creek Township IN | 1,600 | $59K | 26.0% | 3.7% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
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 Bridgeport: questions
What is the median household income in Bridgeport?
$60,404 (±$18,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridgeport?
15.5%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgeport?
14 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgeport work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scottsbluff (11%, 32 mi), Gering (6%, 31 mi), Bayard (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bridgeport walkable?
Bridgeport is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridgeport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% 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.
More of Bridgeport
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.