Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Bridgeport draws 11,935 commuters a day, with 3.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Bridgeport report 13,004 jobs for 3,796 working residents. For jobs and income Bridgeport is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). Measured by household income, Bridgeport is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bridgeport apart on work
Bridgeport has far more jobs than workers
Bridgeport has 13,004 jobs, 3.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 19,000 people are in town, 98% more than the 9,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bridgeport draws workers from far and wide
The 13,004 jobs in Bridgeport are filled from a wide area. Bridgeport’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 22%; the other 70% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Bridgeport are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across West Virginia. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical West Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Bridgeport has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bridgeport went from 9,647 in 2013 to 13,004 in 2023, +35%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Bridgeport earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bridgeport could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Who works in Bridgeport, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,727 residents head out to work and 1,069 work right here.
About 19,000 people are in Bridgeport on a workday afternoon, 98% 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.
Where Bridgeport’s workers come from
Where Bridgeport clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Bridgeport
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgeport workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,064 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across West Virginia: 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.
The kinds of work in Bridgeport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgeport, 2013 → 2023: 9,647 → 13,004. 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.
The commute from Bridgeport, by distance
About 15% 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.
Bridgeport is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,716 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). 5.5% of Bridgeport households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bridgeport’s commuters take a bus or train.
618th of 2,806: where Bridgeport ranks among U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 616 | Chartiers Township PA | 9,302 | $100K | 4.4% | 3.5% | 7% | A |
| 617 | Venus TX | 8,870 | $106K | 9.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A |
| 618 | Bridgeport WV | 9,427 | $100K | 3.9% | 2.3% | 28% | A |
| 619 | Highgrove CA | 8,366 | $114K | 8.5% | 3.4% | 1% | A |
| 620 | Sioux Center IA | 8,864 | $93K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 50% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 664 | Cheat Lake WV | 10,902 | $117K | 6.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,228 | Ranson corporation WV | 6,853 | $90K | 12.0% | 2.5% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Cross Lanes WV | 9,671 | $64K | 5.1% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | 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 Bridgeport, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
14% of Bridgeport works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridgeport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | – | A | B+ | 19 min | $100,022 |
| Clarksburg | 14% | C− | A | 21 min | $47,386 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clarksburg. Darker towns draw more of Bridgeport’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 Bridgeport: questions
What is the median household income in Bridgeport?
$100,022 (±$13,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridgeport?
3.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgeport?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgeport work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarksburg (14%, 7 mi), Morgantown (6%, 28 mi), Fairmont (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bridgeport walkable?
Bridgeport is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridgeport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.