Bridgeton is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 11,261 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bridgeton is the 73rd largest community in Missouri.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bridgeton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bridgeton is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bridgeton who work in office and administrative support (10.85%), business and financial occupations (9.94%), and sales jobs (8.60%). Also of interest is that Bridgeton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.26% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The population of Bridgeton is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.16% of adults in Bridgeton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Bridgeton in 2022 was $40,442, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,768 for a family of four. However, Bridgeton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bridgeton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bridgeton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bridgeton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bridgeton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bridgeton include German, Irish, English, Kenyan, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bridgeton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
