Bridgeport, West Virginia

Bridgeport population, 2020 to 2024

Bridgeport added 161 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +126. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Bridgeport is 95% of it.

Bridgeport covers 10.60 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 887 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Bridgeport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bridgeport is in

All of Bridgeport's residents live in Harrison County, which had 64,472 residents in 2024. Bridgeport holds 14.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bridgeport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bridgeport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26330. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bridgeport is

The Census internal point of Bridgeport is at 39.303400, -80.242900. Charleston, the capital, is 99.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarksburg, WV (15,262 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 79.8 miles away.

Daylight in Bridgeport

At 39.30° N, Bridgeport gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bridgeport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Stonewood, 5.0 miles away, with 1,748 people.