Commuting in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 199 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% more time on the road than the Connecticut average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region holds about 9.2% of Connecticut's population but accounts for roughly 10.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region would save about 80 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,473 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)
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
23.9 min
47.9 min
199 hrs/yr
$6,182
2,291
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.
On average, it takes
23.9
minutes to get to work in
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.
That's 7% 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 15.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
Car:
74.9%
Worked at Home:
15.0%
Public Transportation:
5.6%
Walked:
2.6%
Other:
1.2%
Taxi:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 9.5 times less than the Connecticut average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region 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
82.7%
3.8%
8.3%
3.7%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
82.8%
3.7%
8.5%
3.7%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
83.4%
3.6%
8.7%
2.9%
1.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
83.8%
3.8%
8.3%
2.9%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2013
83.2%
4.0%
8.6%
3.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
82.6%
4.4%
8.7%
3.0%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2015
82.3%
4.5%
8.9%
2.9%
0.9%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2016
82.4%
4.6%
8.9%
2.9%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2017
82.5%
5.0%
8.9%
2.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
83.2%
5.2%
8.3%
2.4%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
83.2%
5.3%
8.3%
2.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
81.3%
6.8%
8.3%
2.3%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
78.9%
9.3%
7.6%
2.3%
1.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
77.3%
12.1%
6.2%
2.6%
1.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
76.2%
13.3%
5.9%
2.7%
1.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
74.9%
15.0%
5.6%
2.6%
1.2%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 83.8%. Overall it fell from 82.7% in 2009 to 74.9% in 2024, down 7.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 15.0% in 2024, up 11.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 8.3% to 5.6% of workers (down 2.7 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
😴Sleeping InThe highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Connecticut's 9 counties: 26.9% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
🧘Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Connecticut's 9 counties: only 45.4% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region?
The bars show when commuters in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region 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.
Greater Bridgeport Planning RegionConnecticutSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across Connecticut. Early starts are about as common as in Connecticut: 11.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Connecticut: 45.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.9%) 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region 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
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
Connecticut
United States
2009
7:47 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:48 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:47 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:49 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:49 AM
7:46 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:49 AM
7:46 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:48 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:48 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:48 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:47 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:47 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:46 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:47 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:51 AM
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:49 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:50 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region were on the road by 7:50 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:47 AM). Connecticut followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region now leave 12 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's commute time compare?
Metric
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
Connecticut
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.9 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
15.0%
16.2%
15.0%
Walked
2.6%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
5.6%
3.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is 23.9 minutes, longer than the 22.1 minutes in Connecticut.
5.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 3.2% in Connecticut. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Connecticut.
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 308,890 residents against a local median of 563,812. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 5% above the local median at 15.0% against 14.3%. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut?
Commuters here spend an estimated 199 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,182 at a typical national wage. That's 8% more than the typical Connecticut commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, 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.
Which counties in Connecticut have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Connecticut, the shortest average commutes are in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (20.6 min), South Central Connecticut Planning Region (20.9 min), Capitol Planning Region (21.4 min). The longest are in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (26.0 min), Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (23.9 min), Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (23.5 min).