Chico vs Lake Bridgeport

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

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

Chico has the higher population (1,174 vs 347 in Lake Bridgeport). Lake Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($71,538 vs $58,125 in Chico). Lake Bridgeport has the higher median home value ($195,800 vs $160,300 in Chico).

Population, income & housing

	Chico	Lake Bridgeport
Population	1,174	347
Median age	30.7 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$71,538
Median home value	$160,300	$195,800
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,286
Housing units	462	194
Homeownership rate	62.5%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chico	Lake Bridgeport
Population	1,138 → 1,174 (+3.2%)	409 → 347 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$48,571 → $58,125 (+19.7%)	$51,250 → $71,538 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $160,300 (+53.3%)	$174,200 → $195,800 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $1,130 (+18.6%)	$875 → $1,286 (+47.0%)

Chico

Population

1,1381,174

Median household income

$48,571$58,125

Median home value

$104,600$160,300

Median gross rent

$953$1,130

Lake Bridgeport

Population

409347

Median household income

$51,250$71,538

Median home value

$174,200$195,800

Median gross rent

$875$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chico	Lake Bridgeport
Under 5	7.7%	2.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	15.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	20.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.5%
75 and over	3.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chico	Lake Bridgeport
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chico	Lake Bridgeport
No high school diploma	19.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	40.2%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chico	Lake Bridgeport
Drove alone	81.8%	84.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chico	Lake Bridgeport
1-unit, detached	74.2%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Chico	Lake Bridgeport
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.8%
Average household size	3.02	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1979	1984