2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Higganum, CT vs Bridgeport, CT

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Highlights
- Household income in Bridgeport, is 58% less than it is in Higganum and is 36% below the National Average.
- Higganum unemployment rate is 7.0%.
- Bridgeport unemployment rate is 13.2%.
 Higganum, CTBridgeport, CTUnited States
 Unemployment Rate7.0%13.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.1%-0.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.8%21.9%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.4%6.4%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$64,211$25,830$37,638
 Household Income$121,736$50,597$69,021
 Family Median Income$147,386$58,913$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Higganum, CTBridgeport, CTUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.8%17.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.4%5.1%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K2.2%8.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.8%10.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K2.0%8.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K3.3%8.1%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K0.0%10.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.1%11.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K23.3%11.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K14.5%4.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K24.6%4.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Higganum, CTBridgeport, CTUnited States
 Management, business, finance26.0%8.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science10.1%2.6%6.5%
 Community, social services7.9%2.3%1.8%
 Legal3.0%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library6.6%4.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.0%1.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.3%5.2%6.2%
 Healthcare support0.9%8.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.4%1.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving7.9%7.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.0%7.2%3.6%
 Personal care0.8%3.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support17.7%21.2%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.4%9.9%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.0%15.7%13.1%
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Reviews for Bridgeport    17 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Bridgeport Connecticut is a beautiful city and a wonderful place to live. I currently attend Central Magnet high school as well as the Bridgeport Aquaculture school and  More

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Over 12 years ago

I left Bridgeport in 1996, after bankruptcy changed it. I left looking for a better place to live. Funny thing is I haven't found it. I grew up in Bridgeport. What I  More

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Over 14 years ago

Bridgeport is the best place ever ive been livin here all my life i love it it aint as bad as people say it it they dont know wat they talkin  More

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