Bridgeport vs Section

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

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

Bridgeport has the higher population (2,377 vs 998 in Section). Section has the higher median household income ($35,417 vs $31,723 in Bridgeport). Section has the higher median home value ($135,700 vs $86,400 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Section
Population	2,377	998
Median age	42.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$31,723	$35,417
Median home value	$86,400	$135,700
Median gross rent	$501	$705
Housing units	1,313	414
Homeownership rate	56.4%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Section
Population	2,106 → 2,377 (+12.9%)	971 → 998 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$28,568 → $31,723 (+11.0%)	$32,212 → $35,417 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$64,500 → $86,400 (+34.0%)	$97,500 → $135,700 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$340 → $501 (+47.4%)	$588 → $705 (+19.9%)

Bridgeport

Population

2,1062,377

Median household income

$28,568$31,723

Median home value

$64,500$86,400

Median gross rent

$340$501

Section

Population

971998

Median household income

$32,212$35,417

Median home value

$97,500$135,700

Median gross rent

$588$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Section
Under 5	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	13.2%
75 and over	3.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Section
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Section
No high school diploma	25.2%	23.1%
High school graduate	41.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Section
Drove alone	83.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Section
1-unit, detached	70.0%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Section
Poverty rate	32.3%	23.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1967	1977