Dells Mill · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Bridge Creek works elsewhere
217 jobs are based in Bridge Creek for 712 working residents. Bridge Creek grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 6% work in Bridge Creek; the top destination outside it is Eau Claire (16%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Bridge Creek
Bridge Creek’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bridge Creek is Eau Claire, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (117) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Bridge Creek is a place people come home to
There are 217 jobs based in Bridge Creek, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Bridge Creek workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 712 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Bridge Creek’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bridge Creek is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Bridge Creek’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bridge Creek could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bridge Creek
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bridge Creek by day and by night
On a workday 672 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Bridge Creek on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
From Bridge Creek, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridge Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 880 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Commuting out of Bridge Creek: the destinations
Where Bridge Creek clocks in
Lines 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.
In Bridge Creek, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridge Creek, 2014 → 2024: 112 → 217. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridge Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Bridge Creek walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bridge Creek is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,045 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). 26.2% of Bridge Creek households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bridge Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bridge Creek ranks: 2,476th of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 38 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,474 | Independence Township KS | 2,165 | $76K | 7.1% | 4.0% | 8% | B− |
| 2,475 | Clinton Township OH | 2,853 | $68K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,476 | Bridge Creek WI | 2,191 | $83K | 12.8% | 2.7% | 6% | B− |
| 2,477 | Norwood OK | 1,752 | $89K | 8.2% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 2,478 | Ray Township IN | 1,627 | $87K | 12.9% | 5.3% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Creek, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Bridge Creek
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridge Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Creek | – | B− | B | 28 min | $83,413 |
| Ludington | under 2% | B− | B− | 27 min | $86,250 |
| Garfield | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Wilson | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Foster | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Fairchild | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Lincoln | under 2% | B+ | B | 24 min | $111,111 |
| Otter Creek | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Cleveland | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Garfield, Wilson and Cleveland: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Foster, Fairchild and Otter Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bridge Creek’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 2024, 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 Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Bridge Creek?
$83,413 (±$15,227) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridge Creek?
12.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridge Creek?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridge Creek work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (16%, 23 mi), Augusta (13%, 4 mi), Osseo (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bridge Creek walkable?
Bridge Creek is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridge Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridge Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridge Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.