Bridgeport vs Lawrenceville

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

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

Lawrenceville has the higher population (4,241 vs 1,819 in Bridgeport). Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($50,284 vs $44,885 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median home value ($77,600 vs $57,500 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Lawrenceville
Population	1,819	4,241
Median age	35.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,284	$44,885
Median home value	$57,500	$77,600
Median gross rent	$694	$749
Housing units	793	2,107
Homeownership rate	70.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Lawrenceville
Population	1,740 → 1,819 (+4.5%)	4,165 → 4,241 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$36,293 → $50,284 (+38.6%)	$40,438 → $44,885 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $57,500 (+3.2%)	$73,500 → $77,600 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $694 (+23.9%)	$691 → $749 (+8.4%)

Bridgeport

Population

1,7401,819

Median household income

$36,293$50,284

Median home value

$55,700$57,500

Median gross rent

$560$694

Lawrenceville

Population

4,1654,241

Median household income

$40,438$44,885

Median home value

$73,500$77,600

Median gross rent

$691$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Lawrenceville
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	17.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.4%
75 and over	5.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Lawrenceville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	84.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Lawrenceville
No high school diploma	12.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	41.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Lawrenceville
Drove alone	78.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.2%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Lawrenceville
1-unit, detached	70.5%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Lawrenceville
Poverty rate	19.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1962	1953