Best PlacesLake Bridgeport, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Bridgeport, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lake Bridgeport ranks 31,108th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Bridgeport
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Lake Bridgeport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Bridgeport ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 144 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Lake Bridgeport ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Bridgeport
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Bridgeport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,761, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Lake Bridgeport's effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lake Bridgeport
Lake Bridgeport runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Bridgeport.
Who works in Lake Bridgeport, and how
Work in Lake Bridgeport centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lake Bridgeport
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Bridgeport.
What the weather is like in Lake Bridgeport, month by month
Lake Bridgeport sees roughly 144 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Lake Bridgeport
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 51 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lake Bridgeport
Schools across Lake Bridgeport average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jacksboro ElC · 35% proficient
- Chico ElC · 32% proficient
- Bridgeport IntC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bridgeport MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Jacksboro MiddleB · 43% proficient
- Chico MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Jacksboro H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Bridgeport H SB− · 43% proficient
- Chico H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Bridgeport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Bridgeport measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Lake Bridgeport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Bridgeport
Is Lake Bridgeport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Bridgeport ranks 31,108th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and big-city access, and lowest on thin health care access and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Bridgeport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,126. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $77,761 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Lake Bridgeport safe?
Lake Bridgeport is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Bridgeport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Bridgeport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Bridgeport represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Lake Bridgeport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Bridgeport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Bridgeport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Bridgeport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Bridgeport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Bridgeport detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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