Rents are right about where Bridgeport's 10-year trend predicts.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,020 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
Rent in Bridgeport is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in Bridgeport changed +2.2% over the year to September 2026. Across the 41 Connecticut cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.7%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Bridgeport rose 48.7% while median household income rose 25.8% ($46,662 to $58,685). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Bridgeport is 54.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 2 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($58,685) is $1,467 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a studio ($1,267); a 1-bedroom is $1,482.
The priciest of 5 ZIP codes in Bridgeport, 06606 ($2,323/mo), costs 30% more than the cheapest, 06604 ($1,793/mo).
Waterbury, 27 miles away, rents for 23% less ($1,551/mo), about $5,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Bridgeport. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Bridgeport, CT is majority renter-occupied, has a median income below the national average, 23.4% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Bridgeport, CT has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Bridgeport, CT has shifted from $1,392 to $2,020, up 45.1% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $50,597 to $58,685 between 2021 and 2024, a 16.0% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 20.1% to 23.4% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Bridgeport, CT reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Bridgeport is $2,020/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,267/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,848/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,482/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,302/mo.
At 41% of local median household income ($58,685/yr), Bridgeport ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.2% over the past year.
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