Because of many things, Bridgeport is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bridgeport really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bridgeport perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bridgeport has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bridgeport has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bridgeport than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bridgeport may be for you.
Being a small town, Bridgeport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Bridgeport overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Bridgeport, 23.20% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Bridgeport in 2022 was $23,215, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,860 for a family of four. However, Bridgeport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bridgeport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bridgeport residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bridgeport include Irish, Russian, German, English, and Syrian.
The most common language spoken in Bridgeport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Chinese.
