Bridgeport Commute Time Map & Patterns

Help

Commuting in Bridgeport, Connecticut: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

You 10/21/26, 7:56 PM

How long is the round-trip commute in Bridgeport?

Map AI 10/21/26, 7:56 PM

Commute Time Burden in Bridgeport: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bridgeport spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 198 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% more time on the road than the Connecticut average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.

Bridgeport holds about 4.2% of Connecticut's population but accounts for roughly 4.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bridgeport would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,449 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Bridgeport	23.7 min	47.4 min	198 hrs/yr	$6,124	3,203
Connecticut	22.1 min	44.2 min	184 hrs/yr	$5,704	1,748
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Bridgeport Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.7 minutes to get to work in Bridgeport. That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bridgeport

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Bridgeport: 4.3 times less than the Connecticut average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Bridgeport: 3.6 times more than the Connecticut average (1.2% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Bridgeport, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bridgeport get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	79.7%	1.3%	12.3%	4.0%	2.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%
2010	79.7%	1.2%	12.6%	4.5%	1.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	80.3%	1.2%	12.3%	4.2%	1.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	81.9%	1.2%	11.0%	4.3%	1.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2013	81.0%	1.3%	11.4%	4.9%	1.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2014	80.7%	2.0%	10.8%	4.7%	1.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%
2015	79.9%	2.4%	10.7%	4.9%	1.4%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%
2016	79.9%	2.5%	11.2%	4.7%	1.0%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%
2017	80.5%	2.8%	11.4%	4.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2018	82.2%	2.9%	10.0%	3.6%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2019	82.7%	2.5%	9.9%	3.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	82.2%	2.4%	9.9%	3.5%	1.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	81.5%	3.4%	9.0%	3.6%	1.5%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	80.2%	6.1%	7.2%	3.8%	1.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%
2023	79.3%	6.5%	7.1%	4.2%	1.5%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2024	78.6%	7.5%	6.8%	4.1%	1.5%	1.2%	0.3%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 82.7%. Overall it fell from 79.7% in 2009 to 78.6% in 2024, down 1.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bridgeport: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 6.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 12.3% to 6.8% of workers (down 5.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Bridgeport

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bridgeport?

The bars show when commuters in Bridgeport leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Connecticut for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		4.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.1%

Bridgeport Connecticut Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Bridgeport is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across Connecticut. Early starts are about as common as in Connecticut: 11.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Connecticut: 42.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.4%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Bridgeport, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Bridgeport Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Bridgeport next to Connecticut and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Bridgeport	Connecticut	United States
2009	7:37 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:39 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:44 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:45 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:49 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:49 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:48 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:45 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:47 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:45 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:42 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:43 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:56 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:50 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:52 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bridgeport were on the road by 7:52 AM, 15 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). The shift is sharper than across Connecticut, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Bridgeport now leave 14 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Bridgeport has moved 7 minutes later.

How does Bridgeport's commute time compare?

Metric	Bridgeport	Connecticut	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.7 min	22.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.5%	16.2%	15.0%
Walked	4.1%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	6.8%	3.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Bridgeport is 23.7 minutes, longer than the 22.1 minutes in Connecticut.

6.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 3.2% in Connecticut. 4.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Connecticut.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Is commuting expensive in Bridgeport, Connecticut?

Commuters here spend an estimated 198 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,124 at a typical national wage. That's 7% more than the typical Connecticut commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Bridgeport, Connecticut?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.