Bridgeport vs Oronoque

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

Bridgeport and Oronoque 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 3,908 in Oronoque). Oronoque has the higher median household income ($70,264 vs $56,584 in Bridgeport). Oronoque has the higher median home value ($318,900 vs $252,400 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Oronoque
Population	148,012	3,908
Median age	36.4 yrs	67.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,584	$70,264
Median home value	$252,400	$318,900
Median gross rent	$1,405	$2,303
Housing units	59,676	2,229
Homeownership rate	43.3%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Oronoque
Population	145,639 → 148,012 (+1.6%)	3,780 → 3,908 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$46,662 → $56,584 (+21.3%)	$65,893 → $70,264 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $252,400 (+44.5%)	$284,700 → $318,900 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,405 (+20.8%)	$1,756 → $2,303 (+31.2%)

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

Oronoque

Population

3,7803,908

Median household income

$65,893$70,264

Median home value

$284,700$318,900

Median gross rent

$1,756$2,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Oronoque
Under 5	5.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	5.7%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	2.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	4.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	23.1%
75 and over	5.4%	32.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Oronoque
White (non-Hispanic)	25.6%	85.4%
Black or African American	19.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	3.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Oronoque
No high school diploma	22.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Oronoque
Drove alone	63.4%	70.2%
Carpooled	16.1%	10.3%
Public transit	7.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	17.1%
Other means	2.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Oronoque
1-unit, detached	27.4%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	34.1%
2 to 4 units	33.6%	33.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	16.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Oronoque
Poverty rate	22.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.60	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1954	1975