Bridgeport vs Salem

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

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

Bridgeport has the higher population (9,292 vs 1,812 in Salem). Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($99,936 vs $43,690 in Salem). Bridgeport has the higher median home value ($276,700 vs $77,200 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeport	Salem
Population	9,292	1,812
Median age	43.9 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,936	$43,690
Median home value	$276,700	$77,200
Median gross rent	$1,227	$570
Housing units	4,269	796
Homeownership rate	76.2%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeport	Salem
Population	8,556 → 9,292 (+8.6%)	1,714 → 1,812 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$84,382 → $99,936 (+18.4%)	$40,707 → $43,690 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$222,800 → $276,700 (+24.2%)	$67,600 → $77,200 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,227 (+11.1%)	$659 → $570 (-13.5%)

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

Salem

Population

1,7141,812

Median household income

$40,707$43,690

Median home value

$67,600$77,200

Median gross rent

$659$570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeport	Salem
Under 5	4.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	21.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.7%
75 and over	10.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeport	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeport	Salem
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	17.6%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeport	Salem
Drove alone	82.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.3%	11.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeport	Salem
1-unit, detached	71.0%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	10.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeport	Salem
Poverty rate	3.8%	16.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1975	1949