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Bridgeport, Washington

Bridgeport is a city in Douglas County, Washington, part of the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA metro area. It has 1,792 residents. Bridgeport, Washington has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,560 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Washington it ranks #360 of 395 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), time spent in the emergency room (low) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), high school diploma or higher (low) and bachelor's degree or higher (low).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,560 of 15,651 cities and towns
Washington: #360 of 395 in WA
Population: 1,792 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,671.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 5307870

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety71#4,508/15,637
Economy39#9,527/15,631
Housing70#4,447/14,977
Health47#8,207/15,609
Healthcare8#14,341/15,650
Environment28#11,166/15,453
Education1#15,437/15,649
Infrastructure16#13,189/15,650
Community41#9,189/15,651
Leisure & amenities43#8,899/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bridgeport, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Douglas County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.252
100/100Washington 0.469United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Time spent in the emergency room · low112 min
91/100Washington 156 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDouglas County value
Rent-burdened households · low15.9%
89/100Washington 50.0%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Injury deaths · low61 /100k
87/100Washington 86 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Grocery stores · high2.4 /10k
86/100Washington 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDouglas County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Washington 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high25.3 mi
1/100Washington 7.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDouglas County value
High school diploma or higher · low51.6%
2/100Washington 92.3%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Bachelor's degree or higher · low5.8%
2/100Washington 39.6%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high30.8%
4/100Washington 7.8%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Social associations · low4.7 /10k
5/100Washington 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Pharmacies · low0.6 /10k
5/100Washington 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDouglas County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,570 (2015-2019) → 1,792 (2020-2024)
−30%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
61.5% (2015-2019) → 86.2% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
28.8% (2015-2019) → 11.9% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
33.9% (2015-2019) → 17.1% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 3.4× (2020-2024)
+70%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bridgeport, Washington improved on 3 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Broadband+25 points61.5% → 86.2%
Child poverty−17 points33.9% → 17.1%
Inequality−0.0710.323 → 0.252

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Bridgeport, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.1 min2015-2019	23.9 min2020-2024	−3.2 min	Within the margin of error	80%
Broadband subscriptions	61.5%2015-2019	86.2%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	33.9%2015-2019	17.1%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	91%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	45.2%2015-2019	51.6%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+1.4×	Within the margin of error	11%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3232015-2019	0.2522020-2024	−0.071	Improved	91%
Median household income	$46,3992015-2019	$52,3752020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent as share of income	21.1%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	23.9%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Bridgeport, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bridgeport, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bridgeport, Washington itself moved −1.5 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,792 residents (±460)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

651 households (±124)

Bridgeport, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k7.5%†49
$25k–50k41%†267
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

651 households (±124)

Bridgeport, Washington
Washington share

Own63%409
Rent37%†242

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

903 workers (±212)

Bridgeport, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone80%723
Carpool16%†144
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Douglas County, the county holding most of Bridgeport's residents.

Douglas County has 854 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Washington's), with 8,674 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,285. The Census Bureau also counts 2,322 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 854; 2,322 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 8,674
Average annual pay: $49,285; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Douglas County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	139	31	2.00×More than typical	620	$67,882	127
Construction of buildings	65	14.5	1.92×More than typical	255	$53,153	80
Restaurants and other eating places	52	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	910	$27,589	16
Services to buildings and dwellings	49	10.9	1.62×More than typical	273	$35,663	131
Building finishing contractors	48	10.7	2.82×More than typical	193	$45,259	53
Lessors of real estate	46	10.3	0.83×About typical	101	$39,604	285
Ambulatory health care services	40	8.9	0.43×Fewer than typical	397	$65,771	66
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	37	8.3	2.62×More than typical	119	$46,756	22
Landscaping services	29	6.5	1.85×More than typical	89	$46,551	50
Other specialty trade contractors	28	6.2	2.49×More than typical	164	$93,720	37
Building equipment contractors	26	5.8	0.96×About typical	144	$86,236	15
Truck transportation	26	5.8	1.15×About typical	98	$57,724	37

Rank places for an industry Open Douglas County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 44,843 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $342.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bridgeport, Washington: $191 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $342.3K; −39% vs FY2025
Per resident: $191; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 32%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$342.3K100%

Top recipients

OLSSON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC, INC$109.7K32%
JR MERIT, INC.$83.6K24%
NORTHBANK CIVIL AND MARINE, LLC$60.3K18%
ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC$41.4K12%
GE RENEWABLES US LLC$17.8K5.2%
COUNTY OF DOUGLAS$11.1K3.2%
PICK ELECTRIC, INC.$8,3472.4%
REEL COH INC$4,2171.2%

Spending by fiscal year

134.8KFY2017
157.3KFY2018
241.9KFY2019
136KFY2020
157.4KFY2021
344.8KFY2022
598.3KFY2023
481.8K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$271.4K79%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$41.4K12%
Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$11.1K3.2%
Utility system construction · 2371$8,3472.4%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$4,2171.2%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$3,104

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Bridgeport, Washington, so they do not add up across cities.

Bridgeport, Washington's figures are part of those of Douglas County, WA ($26.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.3% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bridgeport is mostly in Douglas County.

See federal money in Douglas County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bridgeport, Washington is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Douglas County47100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA74

Other cities and towns in Douglas County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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