Bridgeport vs Saginaw

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

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

Saginaw has the higher population (43,879 vs 6,841 in Bridgeport). Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($47,325 vs $37,298 in Saginaw). Bridgeport has the higher median home value ($91,400 vs $54,000 in Saginaw).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Saginaw
Population	6,841	43,879
Median age	35.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,325	$37,298
Median home value	$91,400	$54,000
Median gross rent	$740	$909
Housing units	3,083	20,994
Homeownership rate	70.5%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Saginaw
Population	6,425 → 6,841 (+6.5%)	48,650 → 43,879 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$39,673 → $47,325 (+19.3%)	$29,582 → $37,298 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $91,400 (+28.6%)	$40,100 → $54,000 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $740 (+16.7%)	$734 → $909 (+23.8%)

Bridgeport

Population

6,4256,841

Median household income

$39,673$47,325

Median home value

$71,100$91,400

Median gross rent

$634$740

Saginaw

Population

48,65043,879

Median household income

$29,582$37,298

Median home value

$40,100$54,000

Median gross rent

$734$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Saginaw
Under 5	6.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.5%
75 and over	9.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Saginaw
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	34.7%
Black or African American	36.8%	45.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Saginaw
No high school diploma	11.2%	16.8%
High school graduate	38.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Saginaw
Drove alone	85.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Saginaw
1-unit, detached	75.4%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	4.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Saginaw
Poverty rate	20.7%	33.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1966	1949