Bridgewater vs Hawleyville

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

Bridgewater and Hawleyville 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 131 in Hawleyville). Hawleyville has the higher median household income ($239,375 vs $125,000 in Bridgewater). Since 2019, Hawleyville's population has grown faster (+81.9% vs -10.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Hawleyville
Population	143	131
Median age	58.7 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,000	$239,375
Median home value	$595,600	—
Housing units	64	37
Homeownership rate	82.8%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.6%	75.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Hawleyville
Population	159 → 143 (-10.1%)	72 → 131 (+81.9%)
Median household income	$171,250 → $125,000 (-27.0%)	$231,250 → $239,375 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $595,600 (+10.0%)	—

Bridgewater

Population

159143

Median household income

$171,250$125,000

Median home value

$541,700$595,600

Hawleyville

Population

72131

Median household income

$231,250$239,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Hawleyville
Under 5	0.0%	16.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	33.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	25.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	19.6%	0.8%
65 to 74	22.4%	1.5%
75 and over	14.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Hawleyville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	99.2%
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%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Hawleyville
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	16.3%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	57.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Hawleyville
Drove alone	85.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Hawleyville
1-unit, detached	93.8%	29.7%
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%	70.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Hawleyville
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.8%
Average household size	2.23	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1952	2013