Greater Bridgeport Planning Region vs Western Connecticut Planning Region

A side-by-side comparison of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region and Western Connecticut Planning Region: population, income, housing, and more.

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region and Western Connecticut Planning Region are counties in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Western Connecticut Planning Region has the higher population (621,232 vs 326,296 in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region). Western Connecticut Planning Region has the higher median household income ($124,553 vs $87,135 in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region). Western Connecticut Planning Region has the higher median home value ($625,400 vs $397,000 in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region).

Population, income & housing

	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Population	326,296	621,232
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,135	$124,553
Median home value	$397,000	$625,400
Median gross rent	$1,482	$2,060
Housing units	125,678	250,108
Homeownership rate	65.4%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Population	326,381 → 326,296 (-0.0%)	620,666 → 621,232 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$83,147 → $87,135 (+4.8%)	$118,930 → $124,553 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$372,000 → $397,000 (+6.7%)	$595,600 → $625,400 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,446 → $1,482 (+2.5%)	$1,952 → $2,060 (+5.5%)

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

Population

326,381326,296

Median household income

$83,147$87,135

Median home value

$372,000$397,000

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,482

Western Connecticut Planning Region

Population

620,666621,232

Median household income

$118,930$124,553

Median home value

$595,600$625,400

Median gross rent

$1,952$2,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.8%
75 and over	6.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	59.7%
Black or African American	11.1%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
No high school diploma	12.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	24.8%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Drove alone	65.9%	61.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.7%
Public transit	6.1%	7.4%
Walked	2.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.3%	19.1%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
1-unit, detached	53.9%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	7.5%
20 or more units	10.4%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Poverty rate	13.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1959	1971