bedroom community

noun

: a small community that has no major industries and that is lived in by people who go to another town or city to work

They live in a bedroom community just outside of the city.

Examples of bedroom community in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The borough endures as an ultra-wealthy bedroom community to New York City. —Mary Forgione, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025

Starting in the 1980s, the area experienced population decline, disinvestment, aging housing and a steep decline in traffic, shifting from destination to bedroom community. —Andrew King, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025

Miramar will have at least two new faces on its five-member commission after Tuesday’s at-large election — possibly three if the lone incumbent in the race is unseated. Miramar, a bedroom community in southwest Broward County founded in 1955, faces many challenges ahead. —Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025

In South Miami, Trump got just a third of the vote in 2020 but won 43% of the bedroom community’s votes on Tuesday. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025

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