Bridgeport vs Collegeville

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

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

Collegeville has the higher population (5,226 vs 5,085 in Bridgeport). Collegeville has the higher median household income ($88,992 vs $79,247 in Bridgeport). Collegeville has the higher median home value ($431,200 vs $303,800 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Collegeville
Population	5,085	5,226
Median age	31.2 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,247	$88,992
Median home value	$303,800	$431,200
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,468
Housing units	2,234	1,603
Homeownership rate	45.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Collegeville
Population	4,579 → 5,085 (+11.1%)	5,152 → 5,226 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$62,941 → $79,247 (+25.9%)	$112,500 → $88,992 (-20.9%)
Median home value	$199,800 → $303,800 (+52.1%)	$335,400 → $431,200 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,468 (+28.0%)	$1,187 → $1,468 (+23.7%)

Bridgeport

Population

4,5795,085

Median household income

$62,941$79,247

Median home value

$199,800$303,800

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,468

Collegeville

Population

5,1525,226

Median household income

$112,500$88,992

Median home value

$335,400$431,200

Median gross rent

$1,187$1,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Collegeville
Under 5	10.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	9.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	38.3%
25 to 34	22.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	3.4%	4.8%
75 and over	3.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Collegeville
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	78.1%
Black or African American	3.4%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Collegeville
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Collegeville
Drove alone	68.1%	59.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.8%
Public transit	3.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.7%	14.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.1%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Collegeville
1-unit, detached	22.2%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	45.4%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	11.2%
20 or more units	13.8%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Collegeville
Poverty rate	16.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1958	1975