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Bridgeport township, Lawrence County, IL

2,058 Population
15.9 square miles 129.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 40.7 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,645 ±$10,620 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $31,637 ±$2,292
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,696 ±$8,766 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $55,324 ±$4,940
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.4% ±15.1% (481  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 14.5% † 1,959 (±3.4% / ±459)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.5 minutes ±2 (14,235  ±3,585) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 20.8 † 111,600 (±2.7 / ±16,328)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

795 ±119 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 5,472 ±164
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0 (2,052  ±308) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 2.5 13,554 (±0.1 / ±111)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.8% ±20.7% (55  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Lawrence County: 8.7% † 228 (±4.3% / ±112)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

893 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 6,407 ±52
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$82,200 ±$12,478 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $99,100 ±$9,803
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.8% ±8% (299  ±167.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 13.3% † 1,979 (±2.9% / ±431.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±7.8% (1,158  ±189.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 87% 9,566 (±5.6% / ±637.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.5% ±5.7% (159  ±76.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 15% † 1,643 (±2.2% / ±243.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±0.7% (12  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lawrence County: 1.5% 223
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±5.1% (112  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 7.1% † 874 (±1.5% / ±183)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
112 Total veterans ±73 107 Male ±72 5 Female ±7

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