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Bridgeport, CT

148,006 Population
16.1 square miles 9,213.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.5 ±0.3

Economics

$30,251 ±$2,595 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $69,163 ±$1,905
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $53,119 ±$764
$58,515 ±$2,942 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $111,058 ±$2,837
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $91,665 ±$1,473

17.7% ±3.2% (25,529  ±4,576) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 9.1% † 85,051 (±0.9% / ±8,474)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 10.3% 362,024 (±0.5% / ±17,748)

31.8 minutes ±1.8 (2,139,665  ±170,346) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 32.2 13,226,745 (±0.9 / ±478,142)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 27 42,703,784 (±0.4 / ±705,306)

Families

54,695 ±1,910 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 356,931 ±3,204
  • Connecticut: 1,442,969 ±7,955
2.6 ±0.1 (144,043  ±107) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 2.6 934,221 (±0 / ±334)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.4 † 3,513,794 (±,385 / ±-555,555,600)

3.5% ±2.1% (1,372  ±840) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 4.8% † 10,215 (±0.8% / ±1,607)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 4.8% 39,537 (±0.4% / ±3,110)

Housing

57,928 ±1,871 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 378,922 ±209
  • Connecticut: 1,546,010 ±175

$307,100 ±$18,240 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $574,800 ±$14,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $367,800 ±$2,990

13.3% ±3.5% (19,523  ±5,154) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 10.9% 102,515 (±1.1% / ±10,085.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.9% 388,431 (±0.6% / ±19,583.6)

Social

73.5% ±4.6% (71,668  ±4,734.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 90% 595,673 (±1.9% / ±12,404.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,348,908 (±1% / ±25,254.5)
21.2% ±2.8% (20,622  ±2,716) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 51.9% 343,422 (±1.3% / ±8,608.7)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 42.9% 1,098,315 (±0.6% / ±16,294.5)

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

36.7% ±4.1% (54,325  ±6,045) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 24.8% † 235,801 (±14,467.8% / ±11,248)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 16.3% † 590,608 (±2,507.8% / ±19,751)

2% ±0.8% (2,355  ±903) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 3.1% † 23,294 (±0.4% / ±2,795)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 4.6% 131,270 (±0.2% / ±6,422)
2,355 Total veterans ±903 2,078 Male ±821 277 Female ±310

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