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Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

327,651 Population
140.2 square miles 2,337.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 41.5 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$51,322 ±$2,844 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Connecticut: $53,119 ±$764
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$95,085 ±$5,826 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Connecticut: $91,665 ±$1,473
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.9% ±1.7% (34,502  ±5,484) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.3% 362,024 (±0.5% / ±17,748)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

31.9 minutes ±1.3 (4,518,610  ±241,556) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 27 42,703,784 (±0.4 / ±705,306)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

119,505 ±1,572 Number of households
  • Connecticut: 1,442,969 ±7,955
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (317,252  ±169) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.4 3,513,794
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.6% ±1.5% (3,434  ±1,136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 4.8% 39,537 (±0.4% / ±3,110)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

126,424 ±148 Number of housing units
  • Connecticut: 1,546,010 ±175
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$441,400 ±$15,622 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $367,800 ±$2,990
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.2% ±1.9% (36,188  ±6,105.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.9% 388,431 (±0.6% / ±19,583.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

86% ±3.1% (191,001  ±6,817.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,348,908 (±1% / ±25,254.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
42.9% ±2% (95,248  ±4,477) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 42.9% 1,098,315 (±0.6% / ±16,294.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

23.6% (77,276  ±6,300) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 16.3% 590,608
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

2.9% ±0.6% (7,296  ±1,440) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 4.6% 131,270 (±0.2% / ±6,422)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,296 Total veterans ±1,440 6,939 Male ±1,389 357 Female ±327

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