Bridgewater Town vs Middleborough Center

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

Bridgewater Town and Middleborough Center 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 8,064 in Middleborough Center). Bridgewater Town has the higher median household income ($112,482 vs $79,520 in Middleborough Center). Bridgewater Town has the higher median home value ($500,600 vs $372,400 in Middleborough Center).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater Town	Middleborough Center
Population	28,669	8,064
Median age	37.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,482	$79,520
Median home value	$500,600	$372,400
Median gross rent	$1,976	$1,705
Housing units	9,798	3,522
Homeownership rate	75.0%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater Town	Middleborough Center
Population	27,436 → 28,669 (+4.5%)	7,343 → 8,064 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$95,675 → $112,482 (+17.6%)	$66,525 → $79,520 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$358,900 → $500,600 (+39.5%)	$294,800 → $372,400 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,597 → $1,976 (+23.7%)	$1,277 → $1,705 (+33.5%)

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

Middleborough Center

Population

7,3438,064

Median household income

$66,525$79,520

Median home value

$294,800$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Middleborough Center
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	17.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.5%
75 and over	6.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Middleborough Center
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	86.3%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.9%	2.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater Town	Middleborough Center
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	32.5%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Middleborough Center
Drove alone	75.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.0%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.9%	9.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Middleborough Center
1-unit, detached	64.3%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	28.5%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	9.9%
20 or more units	7.8%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater Town	Middleborough Center
Poverty rate	4.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1983	1953