Bridgeport vs Chesaning

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

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

Bridgeport has the higher population (6,841 vs 2,411 in Chesaning). Chesaning has the higher median household income ($57,426 vs $47,325 in Bridgeport). Chesaning has the higher median home value ($123,900 vs $91,400 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Chesaning
Population	6,841	2,411
Median age	35.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,325	$57,426
Median home value	$91,400	$123,900
Median gross rent	$740	$679
Housing units	3,083	1,072
Homeownership rate	70.5%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Chesaning
Population	6,425 → 6,841 (+6.5%)	2,339 → 2,411 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$39,673 → $47,325 (+19.3%)	$44,009 → $57,426 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $91,400 (+28.6%)	$85,100 → $123,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $740 (+16.7%)	$637 → $679 (+6.6%)

Bridgeport

Population

6,4256,841

Median household income

$39,673$47,325

Median home value

$71,100$91,400

Median gross rent

$634$740

Chesaning

Population

2,3392,411

Median household income

$44,009$57,426

Median home value

$85,100$123,900

Median gross rent

$637$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Chesaning
Under 5	6.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	15.7%
75 and over	9.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Chesaning
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	36.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Chesaning
No high school diploma	11.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Chesaning
Drove alone	85.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.0%
Other means	1.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Chesaning
1-unit, detached	75.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	10.9%
20 or more units	4.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Chesaning
Poverty rate	20.7%	15.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1966	1958