Bridgewater vs Greenfield

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (1,826 vs 131 in Bridgewater). Bridgewater has the higher median household income ($59,167 vs $53,152 in Greenfield). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $70,500 in Bridgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Greenfield
Population	131	1,826
Median age	38.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$53,152
Median home value	$70,500	$115,700
Median gross rent	$535	$600
Housing units	62	949
Homeownership rate	88.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Greenfield
Population	121 → 131 (+8.3%)	1,730 → 1,826 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $59,167 (+37.2%)	$42,891 → $53,152 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$32,700 → $70,500 (+115.6%)	$93,200 → $115,700 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $535 (+20.5%)	$523 → $600 (+14.7%)

Bridgewater

Population

121131

Median household income

$43,125$59,167

Median home value

$32,700$70,500

Median gross rent

$444$535

Greenfield

Population

1,7301,826

Median household income

$42,891$53,152

Median home value

$93,200$115,700

Median gross rent

$523$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Greenfield
Under 5	8.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	19.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	14.6%
75 and over	4.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Greenfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Greenfield
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	42.9%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Greenfield
Drove alone	72.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	27.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Greenfield
1-unit, detached	93.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Greenfield
Poverty rate	17.2%	16.2%
Average household size	2.11	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1938	1950