Bridgewater Town vs Kingston

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

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

Bridgewater Town has the higher population (28,669 vs 6,373 in Kingston). Kingston has the higher median household income ($130,179 vs $112,482 in Bridgewater Town). Kingston has the higher median home value ($529,400 vs $500,600 in Bridgewater Town).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater Town	Kingston
Population	28,669	6,373
Median age	37.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,482	$130,179
Median home value	$500,600	$529,400
Median gross rent	$1,976	$1,298
Housing units	9,798	2,765
Homeownership rate	75.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater Town	Kingston
Population	27,436 → 28,669 (+4.5%)	6,278 → 6,373 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$95,675 → $112,482 (+17.6%)	$90,754 → $130,179 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$358,900 → $500,600 (+39.5%)	$332,300 → $529,400 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,597 → $1,976 (+23.7%)	$1,185 → $1,298 (+9.5%)

Bridgewater Town

Population

27,43628,669

Median household income

$95,675$112,482

Median home value

$358,900$500,600

Median gross rent

$1,597$1,976

Kingston

Population

6,2786,373

Median household income

$90,754$130,179

Median home value

$332,300$529,400

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Kingston
Under 5	4.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	17.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	19.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	15.2%
75 and over	6.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Kingston
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	94.4%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater Town	Kingston
No high school diploma	5.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	32.5%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Kingston
Drove alone	75.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.0%
Public transit	2.0%	4.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	10.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Kingston
1-unit, detached	64.3%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	7.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater Town	Kingston
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	41
Median year structure built	1983	1962