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Housing in Bridgeport

A typical Bridgeport home is worth roughly $72,000

Typical home value
$72K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$947
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Bridgeport?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

Less than across Illinois (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$195,000
Typical Bridgeport home $72K

That covers a typical Bridgeport home, with $123K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$460
Loan $360Tax $80Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $490 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bridgeport’s typical property tax (1.31% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $950

Renters already here pay a median of $675, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$650
1 bedroom$720
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,140
4 bedrooms$1,260
28%
of households rent · IL 33%
161
renter households
39%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · IL 48%
21%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$675
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Lawrence County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

72% of Bridgeport households own their home

Half of Bridgeport’s homes were built before 1961.

Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 28%

Illinois: 67% own.

1961
typical home built · IL 1971
$947
median property tax bill · IL $5,298
1.31%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · IL 2.01%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Bridgeport vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Bridgeport. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bridgeport$72K*—$950$53,036
Lawrence$106K*+6.9%†$950$50,291

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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