Bridgeport vs East Village

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

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

Bridgeport has the higher population (148,012 vs 3,744 in East Village). East Village has the higher median household income ($174,415 vs $56,584 in Bridgeport). East Village has the higher median home value ($518,500 vs $252,400 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	East Village
Population	148,012	3,744
Median age	36.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,584	$174,415
Median home value	$252,400	$518,500
Median gross rent	$1,405	—
Housing units	59,676	1,275
Homeownership rate	43.3%	99.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	East Village
Population	145,639 → 148,012 (+1.6%)	4,362 → 3,744 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$46,662 → $56,584 (+21.3%)	$134,415 → $174,415 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $252,400 (+44.5%)	$416,500 → $518,500 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,405 (+20.8%)	$1,371 → $2,031 (+48.1%)

Bridgeport

Population

145,639148,012

Median household income

$46,662$56,584

Median home value

$174,700$252,400

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,405

East Village

Population

4,3623,744

Median household income

$134,415$174,415

Median home value

$416,500$518,500

Median gross rent

$1,371$2,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	East Village
Under 5	5.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	24.0%
18 to 24	11.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	6.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.7%
75 and over	5.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	East Village
White (non-Hispanic)	25.6%	78.4%
Black or African American	19.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	East Village
No high school diploma	22.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	East Village
Drove alone	63.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	16.1%	2.6%
Public transit	7.1%	1.7%
Walked	4.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	East Village
1-unit, detached	27.4%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	33.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	East Village
Poverty rate	22.5%	0.8%
Average household size	2.60	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1954	1978