Bridgeport vs Decatur

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (7,087 vs 6,174 in Bridgeport). Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($93,914 vs $71,919 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median home value ($242,200 vs $241,100 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Decatur
Population	6,174	7,087
Median age	34.1 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,914	$71,919
Median home value	$241,100	$242,200
Median gross rent	$1,207	$1,089
Housing units	1,999	3,155
Homeownership rate	70.8%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Decatur
Population	6,465 → 6,174 (-4.5%)	6,738 → 7,087 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$49,814 → $93,914 (+88.5%)	$60,110 → $71,919 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $241,100 (+93.8%)	$156,500 → $242,200 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,207 (+31.6%)	$1,035 → $1,089 (+5.2%)

Bridgeport

Population

6,4656,174

Median household income

$49,814$93,914

Median home value

$124,400$241,100

Median gross rent

$917$1,207

Decatur

Population

6,7387,087

Median household income

$60,110$71,919

Median home value

$156,500$242,200

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Decatur
Under 5	5.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	23.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	20.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.3%
75 and over	4.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	44.3%	64.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	34.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Decatur
No high school diploma	20.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Decatur
Drove alone	82.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Decatur
1-unit, detached	81.1%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Decatur
Poverty rate	1.6%	7.3%
Average household size	2.94	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1976	1988