It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bridgeport has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bridgeport has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bridgeport than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bridgeport may be for you.
Being a small town, Bridgeport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Bridgeport who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.16% of the adults in Bridgeport have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bridgeport in 2022 was $24,044, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,176 for a family of four. However, Bridgeport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bridgeport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bridgeport residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bridgeport include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Bridgeport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
