Barnesville vs Bridgeport

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

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

Barnesville has the higher population (3,602 vs 1,457 in Bridgeport). Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($53,409 vs $52,442 in Barnesville). Barnesville has the higher median home value ($102,200 vs $89,300 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Bridgeport
Population	3,602	1,457
Median age	39.7 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,442	$53,409
Median home value	$102,200	$89,300
Median gross rent	$545	$688
Housing units	1,731	823
Homeownership rate	60.2%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Bridgeport
Population	3,546 → 3,602 (+1.6%)	1,678 → 1,457 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$43,506 → $52,442 (+20.5%)	$42,656 → $53,409 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $102,200 (+25.9%)	$62,300 → $89,300 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $545 (-3.0%)	$739 → $688 (-6.9%)

Barnesville

Population

3,5463,602

Median household income

$43,506$52,442

Median home value

$81,200$102,200

Median gross rent

$562$545

Bridgeport

Population

1,6781,457

Median household income

$42,656$53,409

Median home value

$62,300$89,300

Median gross rent

$739$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Bridgeport
Under 5	3.8%	8.5%
5 to 17	23.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	6.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	18.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.3%
75 and over	10.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Bridgeport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Bridgeport
No high school diploma	13.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	50.3%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Bridgeport
Drove alone	83.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Bridgeport
1-unit, detached	66.4%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Bridgeport
Poverty rate	20.1%	20.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1957	1947