About Bridgeport

Bridgeport is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,721 people and just one neighborhood, Bridgeport is the 209th largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bridgeport is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 52.2% of the Bridgeport workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Bridgeport is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Bridgeport who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.19%), food service (6.63%), and sales jobs (6.63%).

Bridgeport is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Bridgeport isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.55% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small city, Bridgeport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Bridgeport Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Bridgeport ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.72% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bridgeport in 2000 was $15,779, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $63,116 for a family of four.

Bridgeport is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bridgeport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bridgeport is White, followed by African-American. The main ancestry of people in Bridgeport is Irish.

The most common language spoken in Bridgeport is English.