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Bridgeport vs Trumbull Center
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Connecticut.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Bridgeport has the most renters (57.2% rent).
Trumbull Center has the highest household income ($124k).
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | Bridgeport | Trumbull Center |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 149,153Highest |
10,264Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +3.1% CT: +0.9% |
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| Median age | 36.7±0.7Lowest 11% below CT |
40.8±2.6Highest about the CT average |
| Kids under 18 | 20.9%±0.8Lowest CT: 20.2% |
27.5%±4.2Highest CT: 20.2% |
| Age 65+ | 13.7%±0.8Lowest CT: 18.5% |
19.3%±1.7Highest CT: 18.5% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 23.4%Lowest CT: 42.5% |
54.3%Highest CT: 42.5% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 8.1%±0.7Highest CT: 7.1% |
3.7%±1.7Lowest CT: 7.1% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $58,685±$2kLowest 39% below CT |
$123,708±$11kHighest 29% above CT |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $274,900±$9kLowest 25% below CT |
$486,000±$25kHighest 32% above CT |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,450±$35Lowest about the CT average |
$2,307±$206Highest 55% above CT |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $6,496Lowest about the CT average |
$9,248Highest 39% above CT |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 59.5%±3Lowest CT: 52.6% |
61.8%±22.6Highest CT: 52.6% |
| Trumbull Center and Bridgeport are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 21%Highest CT: 10% |
8%Lowest CT: 10% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 42.8%Lowest CT: 66.5% |
79.4%Highest CT: 66.5% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1955Lowest 12 yrs older than CT |
1965Highest 2 yrs older than CT |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 31 minLowest 15% above CT |
33 minHighest 23% above CT |
| Work from home | 7.6%±1Lowest CT: 16% |
16%±4.1Highest CT: 16% |
| Schools | ||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #148 of 149 in CT | — |
| School district | Connecticut Technical Education and Career System · The Bridge Academy District | — |
| High school in town | Central High School | — |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 18.6 |
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| Old photos in History | None yet | None yet |
CT average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.