Greater Bridgeport
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Southwestern Connecticut | |
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57th in the U.S. | |
• Density | 1,514.9/sq mi (584.9/km2) |
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• MSA | $104.368 billion (2022) |
Stamford-Bridgeport-Norwalk is a metropolitan area in the
The
Definitions
Greater Bridgeport Region
The smallest official definition of Greater Bridgeport is the area under the authority of the Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency, which oversees transportation, land use and economic development planning for its member towns. The region consists of the six towns indicated in the introduction.[6]
Bridgeport labor market area
The Bridgeport Labor Market Area includes the core region above and also extends northeast into Milford and the Lower Naugatuck Valley (including Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton) for a total of 13 towns.[7]
Bridgeport-Stamford NECTA
The
A slightly smaller definition known as the Southwest Service Delivery Area consists of the Greater Bridgeport Region, the Lower Naugatuck Valley (including Oxford), the Gold Coast, and the town of Milford (20 towns).[11]
Metropolitan statistical area
The MSA associated with Bridgeport is the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury MSA and consists of the entirety of Fairfield County with 23 towns.[12] While statistically similar in terms of population and extent to the NECTA definition, the MSA includes the city of Danbury and its suburbs, and excludes the Valley region.
Economy
The Greater Bridgeport area is home to multiple Fortune 500 companies, including
The Greater Bridgeport area, particularly Stamford, is home to WWE, NBC Sports Group, along with their studios, CBS Sports HQ, A&E Networks also has a presence there, all due to Connecticut tax incentives. Blue Sky Studios was based in Greenwich until being closed by Disney in 2022.[16] Maury, Jerry Springer and The Steve Wilkos Show are also shot in downtown Stamford.
Many towns in the area were once home to heavy industry, and Bridgeport was the state's chief manufacturing city by output and value of goods. Despite a corporate exodus due to deindustrialization, (including the General Electric factory and the Columbia Pictures Processing Plant) nearby Stratford continues to be home to Sikorsky Aircraft and Shelton home to Hubbell Incorporated.
Other major well known companies in the area not listed previously include:
- GXO Logistics(Greenwich)
- GE Capital (Norwalk)
- GE Energy Financial Services (Stamford)
- Pitney Bowes (Stamford)
- Indeed.com (Stamford)
- ITT Inc. (Stamford)
- Conair Corporation (Stamford)
- BlueTriton Brands (formally Nestle Waters North America
- GTE (Stamford)
- Gartner (Stamford)
- Kayak (Stamford)
- Point72 Asset Management (Stamford)
- Vineyard Vines (Stamford)
- Bigelow Tea Company (Fairfield)
- GE Wind Energy(Fairfield)
- Vinegar Syndrome (Bridgeport)
- Subway (Milford)
- CTI Electronics Corporation (Stratford)
- Ethan Allen Furniture (Danbury)
- Duracell (Bethel)
- Bow Tie Cinemas(Ridgefield)
- GE Commercial Finance (Norwalk)
- Photronics Inc(Brookfield)
Transportation
Commuter rail is served by the Metro-North railroad of the MTA, which connects the Connecticut suburbs to New York City, with the New Haven line passing through every station along the coast. The New Canaan Line and the Waterbury Line connect northern Fairfield County and the Naugatuck Valley to New York City. The Bridgeport and Stamford stations are also served by Shore Line East and Amtrak rail service.
The metropolitan area is served by multiple different bus operators for public transit. The
The region is currently served mainly by Bradley and New York City airports, with the regional airports nearby including Westchester County Airport (in White Plains, NY) and Tweed Airport (in New Haven), both more than a half hour away.[17] Talks about commercial services returning to Sikorsky Memorial Airport have been going on for years. Built in the 1920s on Avon Field, located in Stratford and previously owned by the City of Bridgeport (until bought by the Connecticut Airport Authority), the airport ceased commercial flights in 1999, along with the demolition of the passenger terminal.[18]
Higher education
Universities and full-time colleges
- Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, founded 1903
- University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, founded 1927
- Fairfield University in Fairfield, founded 1942
- Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, founded 1963
- The University of Connecticut in Storrs has a secondary campus in Stamford, as does Sacred Heart University.
Community colleges
- Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport
- Norwalk Community College in Norwalk
References
- ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- ^ "CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREAS (CBSAs), METROPOLITAN DIVISIONS, AND COMBINED STATISTICAL AREAS (CSAs), MARCH 2020". US census bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- ^ Fairfield County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau . Quickfacts.census.gov. Retrieved on May 30, 2016.
- ^ "TIGERweb: New York-Newark CSA". Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Deep Dive: Fairfield County commuting down 22.8% since 2019". connecticut.news12.com.
- ^ "若い年代の人が肩こりに悩まされる場合もある". www.gbrpa.org. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008.
- ^ Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development - Labor Market Areas
- ^ Urbanized area maps
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau - Definitions of NECTAs
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau - Population of NECTAs
- ^ Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development - Service Delivery Areas
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau Archived March 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - Definitions of MSAs
- ^ "Fourteen Connecticut Companies Make 2021 Fortune 500 List". CBIA.
- ^ "M&T Bank drops six spots to No. 444 on Fortune 500 | Business Local | buffalonews.com". buffalonews.com.
- ^ "Connecticut's wealthy Gold Coast: where life is good, if you can afford it". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Phillips, Erica E. (January 9, 2022). "Tax credits to film companies have cost CT hundreds of millions". CT Mirror.
- ^ "Fairfield (Connecticut) Airports". www.trippy.com.
- ^ "City of Bridgeport Looking Towards Commercial Flights at Sikorsky Airport".
See also
- Gold Coast (Connecticut) for the contiguous urbanized area that goes along the whole coast of Fairfield County
- Lower Naugatuck River Valley which is part of the Bridgeport Labor Market Area