What is the population of Bridgewater town?

Bridgewater town has 6,650 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #177 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Bridgewater town?

Median household income in Bridgewater town is $81,012 a year, 3.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bridgewater town?

Median gross rent is $1,141 a month and the median home value is $372,400, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.

Is Bridgewater town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bridgewater town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bridgewater, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bridgewater, Virginia (Bridgewater, VA — Census place “Bridgewater town”) is 6,650 residents, ranking #177 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $81,012, the median home is worth $372,400 and median gross rent runs $1,141 a month. Looking for the Bridgewater Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bridgewater, VA: 22812.

Population: 6,650Bridgewater town residents
Median household income: $81,012Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $372,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,141Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64%Owner-occupied households

Bridgewater ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bridgewater.

The Bridgewater VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

22812

What the numbers mean in Bridgewater town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bridgewater town median would spend about 16.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.5% of residents and 64% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bridgewater town, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bridgewater town is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 6,650 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #177 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 31.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bridgewater town earn a median of $81,012 a year, 3.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 6.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bridgewater town is valued at $372,400, 22.7% above the national figure and 28% above the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,141 a month, 18.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,692 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Bridgewater town?: Bridgewater town has 6,650 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #177 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Bridgewater town?: Median household income in Bridgewater town is $81,012 a year, 3.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bridgewater town?: Median gross rent is $1,141 a month and the median home value is $372,400, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.
Is Bridgewater town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bridgewater town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bridgewater town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.