Port Arthur-Orange Bridge · Photo: Aren Cambre · CC BY-SA 2.5Bridge City has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The two grades for Bridge City are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. There are 1,674 jobs in Bridge City, against 4,131 working residents. 3% of workers work from home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Bridge City apart
The better-paid jobs are outside Bridge City
64% of Bridge City residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Bridge City pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Bridge City workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Bridge City pay little
26% of the jobs based in Bridge City pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Bridge City’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bridge City is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #194 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bridge City’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bridge City could be anywhere from C+ to A.
What Bridge City’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridge City, 2013 → 2023: 1,890 → 1,674. 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 Bridge City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Bridge City spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridge City workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,192 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 daily commute in and out of Bridge City
On a workday 3,892 residents head out to work, 239 work right here, and 1,435 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Bridge City on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer 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.
15% of working residents work in Beaumont
Where Bridge City clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Half of Bridge City commutes less than 15 miles
About 30% 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.
For most of Bridge City, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bridge City is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #288 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Bridge City 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 4,321 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). 2.7% of Bridge City households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bridge City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bridge City is 1,055th among 2,751 U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,053 | Chesterland OH | 7,086 | $108K | 9.8% | 4.8% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,054 | Willard MO | 6,904 | $85K | 9.7% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,055 | Bridge City TX | 9,645 | $89K | 8.3% | 2.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,056 | Fairview TX | 10,913 | $109K | 14.8% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,057 | Decatur TX | 9,029 | $73K | 8.0% | 2.5% | 21% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,751 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Bridge City, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Around Bridge City: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Orange (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridge City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge City | – | B+ | B− | 24 min | $88,958 |
| Orange | 9% | C− | C+ | 23 min | $62,891 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bridge City’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 Bridge City: questions
What is the median household income in Bridge City?
$88,958 (±$21,594) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridge City?
8.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridge City?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridge City work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beaumont (15%, 19 mi), Port Arthur (11%, 10 mi), Orange (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bridge City walkable?
Bridge City is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridge City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridge City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridge City
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.