Bayard vs Bridgeport

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

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

Bayard has the higher population (1,509 vs 1,403 in Bridgeport). Bayard has the higher median household income ($61,818 vs $59,643 in Bridgeport). Bayard has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $100,600 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Bridgeport
Population	1,509	1,403
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,818	$59,643
Median home value	$107,900	$100,600
Median gross rent	$553	$736
Housing units	628	701
Homeownership rate	86.7%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Bridgeport
Population	1,067 → 1,509 (+41.4%)	1,686 → 1,403 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$41,711 → $61,818 (+48.2%)	$47,467 → $59,643 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$74,700 → $107,900 (+44.4%)	$88,300 → $100,600 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $553 (-7.4%)	$740 → $736 (-0.5%)

Bayard

Population

1,0671,509

Median household income

$41,711$61,818

Median home value

$74,700$107,900

Median gross rent

$597$553

Bridgeport

Population

1,6861,403

Median household income

$47,467$59,643

Median home value

$88,300$100,600

Median gross rent

$740$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Bridgeport
Under 5	7.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.6%
75 and over	8.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Bridgeport
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Bridgeport
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Bridgeport
Drove alone	84.7%	77.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Bridgeport
1-unit, detached	88.9%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Bridgeport
Poverty rate	10.5%	11.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1951	1961