Bridgeport vs Freeland

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

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

Freeland has the higher population (7,562 vs 6,841 in Bridgeport). Freeland has the higher median household income ($103,431 vs $47,325 in Bridgeport). Freeland has the higher median home value ($241,400 vs $91,400 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Freeland
Population	6,841	7,562
Median age	35.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,325	$103,431
Median home value	$91,400	$241,400
Median gross rent	$740	$1,235
Housing units	3,083	2,213
Homeownership rate	70.5%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Freeland
Population	6,425 → 6,841 (+6.5%)	6,898 → 7,562 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$39,673 → $47,325 (+19.3%)	$83,889 → $103,431 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $91,400 (+28.6%)	$164,800 → $241,400 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $740 (+16.7%)	$1,104 → $1,235 (+11.9%)

Bridgeport

Population

6,4256,841

Median household income

$39,673$47,325

Median home value

$71,100$91,400

Median gross rent

$634$740

Freeland

Population

6,8987,562

Median household income

$83,889$103,431

Median home value

$164,800$241,400

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Freeland
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	6.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	6.5%
75 and over	9.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Freeland
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	36.8%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Freeland
No high school diploma	11.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Freeland
Drove alone	85.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.5%	12.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Freeland
1-unit, detached	75.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Freeland
Poverty rate	20.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1966	1994