Bridgeport, CT: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The population was 148,654 in 2020, making it the fifth-most populous city in New England. It is a port city in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, 60 miles (97 km) from Manhattan and 40 miles (64 km) from The Bronx. Bridgeport and other towns in Fairfield County make up the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, as well as the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, the second largest metropolitan area in Connecticut and a component of the greater New York metropolitan area. Inhabited by the Paugussett Native American tribe until English colonisatio…

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How Bridgeport ranks

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#24Most affordable in CT #7Fastest growing in CT All CT rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code06601, 06602, 06604

Area code203

Living in Bridgeport

Housing in Bridgeport

$365K▲ 4.5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Bridgeport home is worth about $365,000, up 4.5% in a year, 19% below the Connecticut typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market49

Sale-to-list100.5%

Sold in May62

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Safety in Bridgeport

C

Safety Grade C

Bridgeport reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 67% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 72%.

Violent crime per 1,000

Bridgeport 2.5

Connecticut 1.1

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Bridgeport 12.6

Connecticut 11.6

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Bridgeport

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D

School Grade D

The public schools Bridgeport’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 95% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictBridgeport School DistrictSchools54

Blackham School DElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,088 students Cesar Batalla School D-Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 990 students Read School DElementary · Grades PK–8 · 863 students Geraldine Johnson School DElementary · Grades PK–8 · 825 students Luis Munoz Marin School D-Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 709 students John Winthrop School CElementary · Grades PK–8 · 607 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CT. Ratings are from neighbors.

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