Bridgeport vs Telford

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

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

Bridgeport has the higher population (5,085 vs 4,814 in Telford). Telford has the higher median household income ($86,797 vs $79,247 in Bridgeport). Bridgeport has the higher median home value ($303,800 vs $302,200 in Telford).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Telford
Population	5,085	4,814
Median age	31.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,247	$86,797
Median home value	$303,800	$302,200
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,202
Housing units	2,234	1,905
Homeownership rate	45.9%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Telford
Population	4,579 → 5,085 (+11.1%)	4,796 → 4,814 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$62,941 → $79,247 (+25.9%)	$63,375 → $86,797 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$199,800 → $303,800 (+52.1%)	$229,100 → $302,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,468 (+28.0%)	$1,043 → $1,202 (+15.2%)

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

Telford

Population

4,7964,814

Median household income

$63,375$86,797

Median home value

$229,100$302,200

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Telford
Under 5	10.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	22.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	7.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	3.4%	7.5%
75 and over	3.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Telford
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	80.5%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	12.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Telford
No high school diploma	6.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Telford
Drove alone	68.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.0%
Public transit	3.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	20.1%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Telford
1-unit, detached	22.2%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	45.4%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	6.4%
20 or more units	13.8%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Telford
Poverty rate	16.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1958	1964