Adair vs Bridgewater

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

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

Adair has the higher population (853 vs 131 in Bridgewater). Bridgewater has the higher median household income ($59,167 vs $57,250 in Adair). Adair has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $70,500 in Bridgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Adair	Bridgewater
Population	853	131
Median age	38.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$59,167
Median home value	$126,600	$70,500
Median gross rent	$852	$535
Housing units	412	62
Homeownership rate	69.4%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adair	Bridgewater
Population	750 → 853 (+13.7%)	121 → 131 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $57,250 (+14.5%)	$43,125 → $59,167 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$108,200 → $126,600 (+17.0%)	$32,700 → $70,500 (+115.6%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $852 (+3.1%)	$444 → $535 (+20.5%)

Adair

Population

750853

Median household income

$50,000$57,250

Median home value

$108,200$126,600

Median gross rent

$826$852

Bridgewater

Population

121131

Median household income

$43,125$59,167

Median home value

$32,700$70,500

Median gross rent

$444$535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adair	Bridgewater
Under 5	6.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	19.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.0%
75 and over	8.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adair	Bridgewater
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	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	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adair	Bridgewater
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	40.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adair	Bridgewater
Drove alone	73.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	27.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adair	Bridgewater
1-unit, detached	83.7%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adair	Bridgewater
Poverty rate	4.5%	17.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1953	1938