BridgeportNY
This town of 1,391 people was settled in 1828.
Is Bridgeport a good place to live?
16% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Bridgeport, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. Among 759 New York towns, just one has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Bridgeport. 12% of the land in Bridgeport is conserved, above both the New York town median (5.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Cicero Swamp Wildlife Management Area, at 104 acres. We don’t grade Bridgeport yet; the figures below are still real.
1,391 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
JMA Wireless Dome and 26 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bridgeport. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
13 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
8 mi State parkGreen Lakes State Park
26 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
12 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial Arena
12 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank StadiumPhoto credits
JMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to Bridgeport: who provides what
Bridgeport is unincorporated, so Madison County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bridgeport.
The typical home in Bridgeport: about $270K
Typical home values rose 8.6% in the year to September 2026. The share of households in Bridgeport who are owner-occupiers: 87%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most of Bridgeport’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
The mean commuting time in Bridgeport is 27 minutes. The town had 220 jobs in 2023, up 134 from 2013. The median commute is under 11 miles. The top destinations are Syracuse (21%), DeWitt (13%) and Clay (11%).
| Bridgeport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $52,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Bridgeport’s year
In July, afternoons reach 82°; in January, nights fall to 15°, and about 128 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bridgeport has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Bridgeport, the risk rating from FEMA is 65 of 100. FEMA puts 84% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
11.7% of the land in Bridgeport is protected from building
2 parks and preserves cover 127 acres in Bridgeport.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cicero Swamp Wildlife Management Area | — | 104 |
| 2. Gateway Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
How healthy Bridgeport is
5% of Bridgeport adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Against the New York average, Bridgeport comes out ahead on 10 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 7. Two figures for adults in the town: 37% have obesity, 38% have high blood pressure.
| Bridgeport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Bridgeport | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.8% | 12.8% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Bridgeport
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Bridgeport
About 1 of every 100 Bridgeport residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
100% of working residents leave Bridgeport for work
Where Bridgeport’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Bridgeport
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Bridgeport is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in upstate New York, United States, located partly in the town of Sullivan in Madison County, and partly in the town of Cicero in Onondaga County. The population was 1,389 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,490 in 2010.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 390 ft
- ZIP code
- 13030
Questions about Bridgeport
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bridgeport, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Bridgeport yet; the figures below are still real.