Bridgetown vs Southaven

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgetown and Southaven: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridgetown and Southaven are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southaven has the higher population (55,531 vs 2,955 in Bridgetown). Bridgetown has the higher median household income ($127,917 vs $76,159 in Southaven). Bridgetown has the higher median home value ($320,800 vs $214,800 in Southaven).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgetown	Southaven
Population	2,955	55,531
Median age	35.3 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,917	$76,159
Median home value	$320,800	$214,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,361
Housing units	1,027	22,473
Homeownership rate	96.9%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgetown	Southaven
Population	2,325 → 2,955 (+27.1%)	54,152 → 55,531 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$94,028 → $127,917 (+36.0%)	$61,026 → $76,159 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$189,600 → $320,800 (+69.2%)	$153,200 → $214,800 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,056 → $1,361 (+28.9%)

Bridgetown

Population

2,3252,955

Median household income

$94,028$127,917

Median home value

$189,600$320,800

Southaven

Population

54,15255,531

Median household income

$61,026$76,159

Median home value

$153,200$214,800

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgetown	Southaven
Under 5	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	18.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	19.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.9%
75 and over	0.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgetown	Southaven
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	52.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	38.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgetown	Southaven
No high school diploma	1.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	21.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgetown	Southaven
Drove alone	72.6%	78.6%
Carpooled	13.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgetown	Southaven
1-unit, detached	98.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Bridgetown	Southaven
Poverty rate	1.4%	12.3%
Average household size	3.22	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	39	24
Median year structure built	1995	1997