Study: Bridgeport Labeled One of the Laziest Cities in the U.S.

According to a new study from WalletHub, one Connecticut city is getting some national attention for a reason that might sting a little. The study looked at the hardest-working cities in America, and Bridgeport, Connecticut ended up near the very bottom of the list.

The personal finance website compared 116 of the largest cities in the country using 11 different metrics tied to work habits. Those factors included things like employment rates, average weekly work hours, the percentage of people with multiple jobs, and even how much leisure time residents tend to have. When all the numbers were added up, Bridgeport landed at No. 111 out of 116, putting it among the least hard-working cities in the entire country—at least according to this particular study.

That might come as a surprise to some people, because Americans overall are known for putting in long hours. The average worker in the United States logs around 1,796 hours per year, which is significantly more than workers in countries like Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany. In fact, Americans work hundreds of hours more per year than workers in Germany. If you’ve ever felt like you’re always on the clock, you’re definitely not imagining things.

WalletHub says they tried to capture both “direct work factors” and “indirect work factors.” Direct factors include things like how long people actually work each week or how many people have jobs. Indirect factors include things like commute times and volunteer work—basically anything that reflects how much time people are spending contributing to work or their communities.

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At the top of the list were cities like Cheyenne, Wyoming, Anchorage, Alaska, and Washington, D.C., where residents reportedly put in long workweeks and have some of the lowest amounts of leisure time in the country.

Bridgeport, meanwhile, finished near the bottom alongside cities like Detroit, Michigan and Buffalo, New York.

Of course, rankings like this always come with a big asterisk. A lot of factors go into a city’s numbers—things like local industries, unemployment rates, and economic conditions. So it doesn’t necessarily mean people in Bridgeport are sitting around doing nothing all day. Still, when a national study says you’re one of the least hard-working cities in America, it’s definitely the kind of thing that’s going to get people talking.