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Bridgeport, CT

151,616 Population
16.1 square miles 9,438 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,350 ±$3,609 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $72,853 ±$2,408
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $56,190 ±$853
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,394 ±$4,750 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $116,402 ±$5,624
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $96,049 ±$1,824
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.1% ±3.8% (29,689  ±5,568) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 9% † 85,888 (±1.1% / ±10,569)
  • about double the rate in Connecticut: 10.2% 364,217 (±0.6% / ±19,612)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.2 minutes ±2 (2,107,650  ±191,580) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 32.3 13,377,995 (±0.8 / ±453,391)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 27 43,866,844 (±0.3 / ±623,558)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

56,754 ±2,112 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 359,988 ±2,782
  • Connecticut: 1,455,235 ±6,160
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (147,319  ±1,015) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 2.7 954,728 (±0 / ±1,049)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,565,854
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±2.2% (2,465  ±927) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 5.7% † 12,611 (±1% / ±2,265)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 43,096 (±0.5% / ±4,060)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

59,815 ±2,187 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 380,889 ±368
  • Connecticut: 1,554,057 ±191
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$312,200 ±$20,074 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $615,800 ±$13,908
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $396,900 ±$3,745
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.8% ±2.7% (19,222  ±4,035.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 10% 95,774 (±0.9% / ±8,421.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.4% 378,505 (±0.5% / ±17,433.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

79.2% ±4.9% (81,455  ±5,583.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 91% 616,773 (±1.9% / ±13,242.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,392,646 (±1% / ±25,554.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
21.8% ±2.9% (22,368  ±3,065.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 51% 345,370 (±1.4% / ±9,643.6)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 42.6% 1,109,258 (±0.7% / ±17,085.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

31.7% ±2.8% (48,010  ±4,307) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 23.4% 227,422
  • about double the rate in Connecticut: 15.9% 584,170
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.5% ±0.9% (2,966  ±1,028) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 3% † 22,513 (±0.3% / ±2,273)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 4.4% 129,563 (±0.2% / ±5,253)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,966 Total veterans ±1,028 2,911 Male ±1,038 55 Female ±89

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