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Housing in Bridgeport

A typical Bridgeport home is worth about $271,000

Up 8.5% in a year, 49% below the New York typical home.

Typical home value
$271K
▲ 8.5% in a year · NY $527K
Zillow
Median sale price
$161K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
2
in May · 2 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,200
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,319
NY $6,582

Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

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 5.2 years of income

Less than across New York (6.1 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$178,000
Typical Bridgeport home $271K

That’s $93K short of a typical Bridgeport home.

The typical home, each month
$1,850
Loan $1,340Tax $430Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200 a month here, $650 less 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 (1.90% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Up 52% in five years

Faster than New York (29.5%).

BridgeportNew York
$100K$200K$300K$400K$500K$600K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryBridgeportNew York
2017$127,000$298,000
2018$131,000$317,000
2019$141,000$337,000
2020$146,000$353,000
2021$163,000$379,000
2022$179,000$417,000
2023$205,000$437,000
2024$221,000$458,000
2025$245,000$489,000
2026$255,000$510,000
August 2026$271,000$527,000
Then & now

A typical Bridgeport home worth $125K in September 2016 is worth about $271K today.

+$146K
+8.5%
past year
+52%
past 5 years
+117.2%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$880
1 bedroom$980
2 bedrooms$1,200
3 bedrooms$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,650
13%
of households rent · NY 46%
68
renter households
53%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NY 52%
28%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

The homes

87% of Bridgeport households own their home

Half of Bridgeport’s homes were built before 1966.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

New York: 54% own.

1966
typical home built · NY 1959
$2,319
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
1.90%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NY 1.55%

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

Next door

Bridgeport vs. its neighbors

Bridgeport is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Bridgeport$271K+8.5%$1,200—$51,719
Cicero$221K*+9.4%†$1,42015$96,463
Sullivan$194K*+9.9%†$1,23043$80,948

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, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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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