Bridgeport vs Clarksburg

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

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

Clarksburg has the higher population (15,829 vs 9,292 in Bridgeport). Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($99,936 vs $46,859 in Clarksburg). Bridgeport has the higher median home value ($276,700 vs $114,600 in Clarksburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Clarksburg
Population	9,292	15,829
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,936	$46,859
Median home value	$276,700	$114,600
Median gross rent	$1,227	$775
Housing units	4,269	8,189
Homeownership rate	76.2%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Clarksburg
Population	8,556 → 9,292 (+8.6%)	15,553 → 15,829 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$84,382 → $99,936 (+18.4%)	$43,518 → $46,859 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$222,800 → $276,700 (+24.2%)	$86,200 → $114,600 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,227 (+11.1%)	$744 → $775 (+4.2%)

Bridgeport

Population

8,5569,292

Median household income

$84,382$99,936

Median home value

$222,800$276,700

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,227

Clarksburg

Population

15,55315,829

Median household income

$43,518$46,859

Median home value

$86,200$114,600

Median gross rent

$744$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Clarksburg
Under 5	4.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.8%
75 and over	10.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Clarksburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Clarksburg
No high school diploma	3.2%	15.9%
High school graduate	17.6%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Clarksburg
Drove alone	82.3%	71.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	8.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Clarksburg
1-unit, detached	71.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	6.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Clarksburg
Poverty rate	3.8%	23.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1975	1946