Bridgeport vs Frankenmuth

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

Bridgeport and Frankenmuth 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 5,108 in Frankenmuth). Frankenmuth has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $47,325 in Bridgeport). Frankenmuth has the higher median home value ($277,600 vs $91,400 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Frankenmuth
Population	6,841	5,108
Median age	35.4 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,325	$84,583
Median home value	$91,400	$277,600
Median gross rent	$740	$814
Housing units	3,083	2,661
Homeownership rate	70.5%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Frankenmuth
Population	6,425 → 6,841 (+6.5%)	5,274 → 5,108 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$39,673 → $47,325 (+19.3%)	$62,427 → $84,583 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $91,400 (+28.6%)	$190,700 → $277,600 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $740 (+16.7%)	$672 → $814 (+21.1%)

Bridgeport

Population

6,4256,841

Median household income

$39,673$47,325

Median home value

$71,100$91,400

Median gross rent

$634$740

Frankenmuth

Population

5,2745,108

Median household income

$62,427$84,583

Median home value

$190,700$277,600

Median gross rent

$672$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Frankenmuth
Under 5	6.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.5%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.9%
45 to 54	6.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	14.0%
75 and over	9.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Frankenmuth
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	36.8%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Frankenmuth
No high school diploma	11.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Frankenmuth
Drove alone	85.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.5%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Frankenmuth
1-unit, detached	75.4%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	9.3%
20 or more units	4.8%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Frankenmuth
Poverty rate	20.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1966	1976