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Bridgeport city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Bridgeport city is a Census city of 1,826 people across 1.07 square miles of land, in Lawrence County. Median household income is $53,036, 71.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Bridgeport
What Bridgeport is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.07 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,703
- County holding the largest share of its areaLawrence County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgeport
How many people live in Bridgeport
- Population1,826
- Median age30.5 plus or minus 11.3
- Population under 18632 plus or minus 133
- Share under 1834.6 percent
- Population 65 and over266 plus or minus 60
- Share 65 and over14.6 percent
- Households669
- Family households409 plus or minus 111
- Share of households that are families61.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgeport
Income and work in Bridgeport
- Median household income$53,036
- Per capita income$26,542
- Civilian labor force738 plus or minus 168
- Employed676 plus or minus 150
- Unemployed62 plus or minus 52
- Unemployment rate8.4 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Adults 25 and over1,071
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.8 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgeport
Housing in Bridgeport
- Housing units767
- Occupied units669
- Vacant units98 plus or minus 58
- Vacancy rate12.8 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Owner occupied481 plus or minus 96
- Renter occupied188 plus or minus 102
- Ownership rate71.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$72,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$675
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Single family units617
- Share single family80.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more46 plus or minus 62
- Share in buildings of two or more6.0 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Mobile homes98 plus or minus 51
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgeport
How Bridgeport gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute590 plus or minus 148
- Commuting under 15 minutes167 plus or minus 83
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.3 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more184 plus or minus 58
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.2 percent
- Drove alone76.1 percent
- Carpooled7.7 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Worked from home12.6 percent plus or minus 6.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgeport
Flood risk in Bridgeport
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating0
- NFIP community number171008
- Currently effective map date07/18/11
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Lawrence County, not Bridgeport
Lawrence County context, not Bridgeport figures
These are Lawrence County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bridgeport measurements.
- Establishments in Lawrence County247
- Employment at those establishments, Lawrence County2,737
- Covered employment, Lawrence County4,016
- Average annual pay, Lawrence County$51,158
- Average weekly wage, Lawrence County$984
- Housing units permitted, Lawrence County64
- Of those, single family, Lawrence County64
- County product, 2024, Lawrence County$661,172,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lawrence County4.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lawrence County$40,130
Every figure in this section is published for Lawrence County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bridgeport. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bridgeport questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bridgeport, Illinois?
1,826, in 669 households. Bridgeport city covers 1.07 square miles of land, which is 1,703 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bridgeport in?
Lawrence County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bridgeport?
$53,036. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $72,100. Median gross rent is $675 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Bridgeport in the National Flood Insurance Program?
It is listed but not shown as participating. Bridgeport appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 171008, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Bridgeport figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lawrence County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bridgeport.
Is zoning published for Bridgeport?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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