Bridgeport, West Virginia Demographics

Bridgeport is 1st in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Bridgeport is 2nd in West Virginia out of 26 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Bridgeport is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income per capita

Bridgeport is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Home median value

Bridgeport is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income per household

Bridgeport is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Bridgeport is 5th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Bridgeport is 7th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Home ownership rate

Bridgeport is 7th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Asian

Bridgeport is 7th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Bridgeport	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	8,355	16th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	10.5	7th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	775	30th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bridgeport	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	31st	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.9%	7th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.8%	13th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bridgeport	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.6%	1st	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	39.5%	3rd	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bridgeport	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	95.5%	8th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	28th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	14th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.9%	7th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	29th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	27th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.1%	10th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bridgeport	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	52.3%	17th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	18th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bridgeport	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	3,678	20th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.5%	20th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	3,356	19th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.2%	7th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$190,400	3rd	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	8th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Bridgeport	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$36,504	2nd	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$72,721	3rd	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	3.6%	32nd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bridgeport	Rank	West Virginia	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,684	10th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$350,497	11th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$45,319	2nd	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$42,610	10th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732