Bridgeport vs Scottsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeport and Scottsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridgeport and Scottsboro are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scottsboro has the higher population (15,641 vs 2,377 in Bridgeport). Scottsboro has the higher median household income ($52,949 vs $31,723 in Bridgeport). Scottsboro has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $86,400 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Scottsboro
Population	2,377	15,641
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,723	$52,949
Median home value	$86,400	$175,700
Median gross rent	$501	$792
Housing units	1,313	7,015
Homeownership rate	56.4%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Scottsboro
Population	2,106 → 2,377 (+12.9%)	14,526 → 15,641 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$28,568 → $31,723 (+11.0%)	$42,651 → $52,949 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$64,500 → $86,400 (+34.0%)	$117,900 → $175,700 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$340 → $501 (+47.4%)	$599 → $792 (+32.2%)

Bridgeport

Population

2,1062,377

Median household income

$28,568$31,723

Median home value

$64,500$86,400

Median gross rent

$340$501

Scottsboro

Population

14,52615,641

Median household income

$42,651$52,949

Median home value

$117,900$175,700

Median gross rent

$599$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Scottsboro
Under 5	7.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.3%
75 and over	3.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Scottsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	86.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Scottsboro
No high school diploma	25.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	41.8%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Scottsboro
Drove alone	83.4%	87.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Scottsboro
1-unit, detached	70.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Scottsboro
Poverty rate	32.3%	18.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1967	1977