Bridgeport vs Sumner

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

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

Sumner has the higher population (2,229 vs 1,819 in Bridgeport). Sumner has the higher median household income ($51,458 vs $50,284 in Bridgeport). Sumner has the higher median home value ($61,200 vs $57,500 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Sumner
Population	1,819	2,229
Median age	35.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,284	$51,458
Median home value	$57,500	$61,200
Median gross rent	$694	$707
Housing units	793	334
Homeownership rate	70.4%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Sumner
Population	1,740 → 1,819 (+4.5%)	3,056 → 2,229 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$36,293 → $50,284 (+38.6%)	$35,792 → $51,458 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $57,500 (+3.2%)	$43,800 → $61,200 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $694 (+23.9%)	$555 → $707 (+27.4%)

Bridgeport

Population

1,7401,819

Median household income

$36,293$50,284

Median home value

$55,700$57,500

Median gross rent

$560$694

Sumner

Population

3,0562,229

Median household income

$35,792$51,458

Median home value

$43,800$61,200

Median gross rent

$555$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Sumner
Under 5	5.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	23.1%	6.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	26.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	21.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.6%
75 and over	5.2%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	52.6%
Black or African American	3.2%	33.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Sumner
No high school diploma	12.4%	37.5%
High school graduate	41.7%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Sumner
Drove alone	78.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.6%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Sumner
1-unit, detached	70.5%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Sumner
Poverty rate	19.0%	33.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1962	1955