Bridgeport vs Runaway Bay

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

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

Bridgeport has the higher population (6,174 vs 1,522 in Runaway Bay). Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($93,914 vs $83,333 in Runaway Bay). Runaway Bay has the higher median home value ($274,700 vs $241,100 in Bridgeport).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Runaway Bay
Population	6,174	1,522
Median age	34.1 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,914	$83,333
Median home value	$241,100	$274,700
Median gross rent	$1,207	$1,172
Housing units	1,999	808
Homeownership rate	70.8%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Runaway Bay
Population	6,465 → 6,174 (-4.5%)	1,845 → 1,522 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$49,814 → $93,914 (+88.5%)	$75,938 → $83,333 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $241,100 (+93.8%)	$172,500 → $274,700 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,207 (+31.6%)	$875 → $1,172 (+33.9%)

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

Runaway Bay

Population

1,8451,522

Median household income

$75,938$83,333

Median home value

$172,500$274,700

Median gross rent

$875$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Runaway Bay
Under 5	5.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	8.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	20.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	6.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	21.6%
65 to 74	5.5%	19.0%
75 and over	4.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Runaway Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	44.3%	85.9%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Runaway Bay
No high school diploma	20.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	30.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Runaway Bay
Drove alone	82.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	19.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Runaway Bay
1-unit, detached	81.1%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Runaway Bay
Poverty rate	1.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.94	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1976	1986