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

This was in the 1960s, and Mia and her family lived in San Carlos, California, at that time a bedroom community of redwood bungalows and postwar cottages located south of San Francisco. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

New York — Oviedo, a bedroom community outside Orlando, has been trying to build a new police station for a decade. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 18 June 2026

Even though Walnut Creek was still considered a bedroom community in the 1970s, its downtown had some edge. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026

Those who live in the south Orange County bedroom community of Hunter’s Creek will share their member of Congress with retirees in The Villages. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026

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