Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9080002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bridgeport, Connecticut
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.5 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 61.5% drove alone, and 13.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.5 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone61.5%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.2%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Bridgeport city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Bridgeport city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.5%; 6.8% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 72,706 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bridgeport city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bridgeport city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 72,706 workers age 16+, including 67,147 workers with reported travel time and 5,559 home workers.
Population estimate149,153± 70 MOE
Workers age 16+72,706± 1,816 MOE
Workers with travel time67,147± 1,977 MOE
Estimated home workers5,559± 734 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All Connecticut reports →Comparable Connecticut commute records for Bridgeport city
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.