Bridgeport vs Shields

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

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

Shields has the higher population (7,276 vs 6,841 in Bridgeport). Shields has the higher median household income ($83,986 vs $47,325 in Bridgeport). Shields has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $91,400 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Shields
Population	6,841	7,276
Median age	35.4 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,325	$83,986
Median home value	$91,400	$173,300
Median gross rent	$740	$937
Housing units	3,083	3,211
Homeownership rate	70.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Shields
Population	6,425 → 6,841 (+6.5%)	5,945 → 7,276 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$39,673 → $47,325 (+19.3%)	$61,250 → $83,986 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $91,400 (+28.6%)	$125,200 → $173,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $740 (+16.7%)	$770 → $937 (+21.7%)

Bridgeport

Population

6,4256,841

Median household income

$39,673$47,325

Median home value

$71,100$91,400

Median gross rent

$634$740

Shields

Population

5,9457,276

Median household income

$61,250$83,986

Median home value

$125,200$173,300

Median gross rent

$770$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Shields
Under 5	6.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	6.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.2%
75 and over	9.7%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Shields
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	89.9%
Black or African American	36.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Shields
No high school diploma	11.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Shields
Drove alone	85.6%	86.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	7.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Shields
1-unit, detached	75.4%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	10.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Shields
Poverty rate	20.7%	13.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1966	1976