Bridgewater Town vs Plymouth

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

Bridgewater Town and Plymouth 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 7,852 in Plymouth). Bridgewater Town has the higher median household income ($112,482 vs $72,639 in Plymouth). Bridgewater Town has the higher median home value ($500,600 vs $426,000 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater Town	Plymouth
Population	28,669	7,852
Median age	37.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,482	$72,639
Median home value	$500,600	$426,000
Median gross rent	$1,976	$1,701
Housing units	9,798	4,169
Homeownership rate	75.0%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater Town	Plymouth
Population	27,436 → 28,669 (+4.5%)	7,081 → 7,852 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$95,675 → $112,482 (+17.6%)	$64,242 → $72,639 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$358,900 → $500,600 (+39.5%)	$348,800 → $426,000 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,597 → $1,976 (+23.7%)	$1,319 → $1,701 (+29.0%)

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

Plymouth

Population

7,0817,852

Median household income

$64,242$72,639

Median home value

$348,800$426,000

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Plymouth
Under 5	4.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.3%	10.5%
18 to 24	17.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.1%
75 and over	6.2%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	80.2%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	4.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater Town	Plymouth
No high school diploma	5.8%	8.6%
High school graduate	32.5%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Plymouth
Drove alone	75.2%	62.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	12.4%
Public transit	2.0%	0.8%
Walked	5.5%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	11.9%	16.2%
Other means	0.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	64.3%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	23.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater Town	Plymouth
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.63	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1983	1938