Bridgman vs Paw Paw Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgman and Paw Paw Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridgman and Paw Paw Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paw Paw Lake has the higher population (3,794 vs 2,383 in Bridgman). Bridgman has the higher median household income ($71,435 vs $65,360 in Paw Paw Lake). Bridgman has the higher median home value ($228,800 vs $191,100 in Paw Paw Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgman	Paw Paw Lake
Population	2,383	3,794
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,435	$65,360
Median home value	$228,800	$191,100
Median gross rent	$951	$1,151
Housing units	1,225	2,762
Homeownership rate	72.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgman	Paw Paw Lake
Population	2,559 → 2,383 (-6.9%)	3,520 → 3,794 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$64,338 → $71,435 (+11.0%)	$52,943 → $65,360 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $228,800 (+40.9%)	$126,200 → $191,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $951 (+29.7%)	$736 → $1,151 (+56.4%)

Bridgman

Population

2,5592,383

Median household income

$64,338$71,435

Median home value

$162,400$228,800

Median gross rent

$733$951

Paw Paw Lake

Population

3,5203,794

Median household income

$52,943$65,360

Median home value

$126,200$191,100

Median gross rent

$736$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgman	Paw Paw Lake
Under 5	5.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	18.2%	9.0%
75 and over	7.4%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgman	Paw Paw Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	87.2%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgman	Paw Paw Lake
No high school diploma	2.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	28.4%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgman	Paw Paw Lake
Drove alone	74.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.5%	1.2%
Walked	2.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgman	Paw Paw Lake
1-unit, detached	77.6%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Bridgman	Paw Paw Lake
Poverty rate	11.7%	22.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	32
Median year structure built	1965	1960