Lake Bridgeport vs Newark

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

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

Newark has the higher population (1,221 vs 347 in Lake Bridgeport). Lake Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($71,538 vs $57,000 in Newark). Lake Bridgeport has the higher median home value ($195,800 vs $105,900 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Bridgeport	Newark
Population	347	1,221
Median age	48.8 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,538	$57,000
Median home value	$195,800	$105,900
Median gross rent	$1,286	$1,144
Housing units	194	470
Homeownership rate	66.4%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Bridgeport	Newark
Population	409 → 347 (-15.2%)	1,290 → 1,221 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $71,538 (+39.6%)	$54,792 → $57,000 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$174,200 → $195,800 (+12.4%)	$86,400 → $105,900 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,286 (+47.0%)	$868 → $1,144 (+31.8%)

Lake Bridgeport

Population

409347

Median household income

$51,250$71,538

Median home value

$174,200$195,800

Median gross rent

$875$1,286

Newark

Population

1,2901,221

Median household income

$54,792$57,000

Median home value

$86,400$105,900

Median gross rent

$868$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Bridgeport	Newark
Under 5	2.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	15.9%	11.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	20.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.1%
75 and over	6.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Bridgeport	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	60.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Bridgeport	Newark
No high school diploma	12.0%	18.6%
High school graduate	39.7%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Bridgeport	Newark
Drove alone	84.9%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Bridgeport	Newark
1-unit, detached	74.7%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	46.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Bridgeport	Newark
Poverty rate	11.8%	26.6%
Average household size	2.48	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1984	1994