Branchville vs Bridgewater

A side-by-side comparison of Branchville and Bridgewater: population, income, housing, and more.

Branchville and Bridgewater are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bridgewater has the higher population (143 vs 91 in Branchville). Bridgewater has the higher median household income ($125,000 vs $42,500 in Branchville). Since 2019, Branchville's population has grown faster (+15.2% vs -10.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Branchville	Bridgewater
Population	91	143
Median age	60.3 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$125,000
Median home value	—	$595,600
Housing units	78	64
Homeownership rate	24.4%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Branchville	Bridgewater
Population	79 → 91 (+15.2%)	159 → 143 (-10.1%)
Median household income	—	$171,250 → $125,000 (-27.0%)
Median home value	—	$541,700 → $595,600 (+10.0%)

Branchville

Population

7991

Bridgewater

Population

159143

Median household income

$171,250$125,000

Median home value

$541,700$595,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Branchville	Bridgewater
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	27.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	47.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	19.8%	22.4%
75 and over	5.5%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Branchville	Bridgewater
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Branchville	Bridgewater
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	53.8%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	42.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Branchville	Bridgewater
Drove alone	89.1%	85.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Branchville	Bridgewater
1-unit, detached	60.3%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	32.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Branchville	Bridgewater
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.1%
Average household size	1.17	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1965	1952