Bridgeport, Washington.
Typical home $245,701 (+9.7% in a year). Wenatchee, WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$609 (+89%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $21,710 +10%
- $223,991$245,701 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $32,690 +15%
- $213,012$245,701 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Bridgeport$1,290
- Washington$3,084
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.
Typical home values in Bridgeport, WA rose 9.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bridgeport, Douglas County, Washington
Bridgeport is a city of 2,141 people in Douglas County. Half its households earn more than $52,375 a year and half less, against $80,363 across Douglas County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Douglas County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in farming, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bridgeport is a small city, with homes that cost less than in many parts of the state and household incomes well below the county's. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers turn hot by July. Rain and melted snow add up to a fairly dry year.
Work. Many residents work in farming, forestry and mining, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, or in the building trades. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and almost no one works from home, so most people travel to a job. Across Douglas County, larger workplaces include the Eastmont School District, Stemilt AG Services and the Public Utility District.
Things to do. Bridgeport State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, as are the Okanogan River and Lake Pateros, a reservoir. A longer drive brings you to Lake Chelan, a large reservoir, and to the Methow River. Together they give the area a good deal of water for fishing, boating and time outdoors.
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- 651households
- 6%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 0%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Douglas County had 12,413 jobs in 2025, 1.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 58°. About 28 inches of snow and 11 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Chief Joseph Dam weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Douglas County
- Eastmont School DistrictSchool district684FTE
- Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer302
- Fred Meyer StoresWarehouse clubs and supercenters236
- Stemilt AG ServicesNon citrus fruit farming156
- H2 PrecastConcrete products, precast, manufacturing155
- Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas CountyElectric power distribution systems140
- Northern Fruit Company135
- Confluence HealthPhysicians' offices127
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 38 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,921 people in all across the county; Bridgeport has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bridgeport’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Douglas County and the Wenatchee, WA metro.
Bridgeport home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bridgeport$245,701
- Washington$587,533
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Zip codes with a Bridgeport address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bridgeport — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Bridgeport
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98813 | Bridgeport | 2,826 | — | $242,852 |
| 98830 | Mansfield | 557 | — | $262,890 |