Bridgewater vs Candlewood Knolls

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

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

Candlewood Knolls has the higher population (150 vs 143 in Bridgewater). Bridgewater has the higher median home value ($595,600 vs $394,400 in Candlewood Knolls). Since 2019, Bridgewater's population has grown faster (-10.1% vs -45.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Candlewood Knolls
Population	143	150
Median age	58.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,000	—
Median home value	$595,600	$394,400
Housing units	64	168
Homeownership rate	82.8%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.6%	95.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	41.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Candlewood Knolls
Population	159 → 143 (-10.1%)	273 → 150 (-45.1%)
Median household income	$171,250 → $125,000 (-27.0%)	$110,385 → $101,458 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $595,600 (+10.0%)	$336,100 → $394,400 (+17.3%)

Bridgewater

Population

159143

Median household income

$171,250$125,000

Median home value

$541,700$595,600

Candlewood Knolls

Population

273150

Median household income

$110,385$101,458

Median home value

$336,100$394,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Candlewood Knolls
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	30.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.3%
25 to 34	4.2%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	24.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	22.4%	11.3%
75 and over	14.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Candlewood Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	100.0%
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	14.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Candlewood Knolls
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.3%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.3%	50.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	45.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Candlewood Knolls
Drove alone	85.1%	52.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	47.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Candlewood Knolls
1-unit, detached	93.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Bridgewater	Candlewood Knolls
Poverty rate	2.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1952	1938