Bridgeton vs Jennings

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeton and Jennings: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridgeton and Jennings are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jennings has the higher population (12,900 vs 11,372 in Bridgeton). Bridgeton has the higher median household income ($73,320 vs $37,356 in Jennings). Bridgeton has the higher median home value ($234,100 vs $62,300 in Jennings).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	Jennings
Population	11,372	12,900
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,320	$37,356
Median home value	$234,100	$62,300
Median gross rent	$1,124	$944
Housing units	5,008	7,221
Homeownership rate	63.3%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	Jennings
Population	11,606 → 11,372 (-2.0%)	14,712 → 12,900 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$59,940 → $73,320 (+22.3%)	$33,425 → $37,356 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$168,700 → $234,100 (+38.8%)	$64,800 → $62,300 (-3.9%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,124 (+13.4%)	$853 → $944 (+10.7%)

Bridgeton

Population

11,60611,372

Median household income

$59,940$73,320

Median home value

$168,700$234,100

Median gross rent

$991$1,124

Jennings

Population

14,71212,900

Median household income

$33,425$37,356

Median home value

$64,800$62,300

Median gross rent

$853$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	Jennings
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.4%
75 and over	9.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	Jennings
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	4.6%
Black or African American	23.4%	91.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	Jennings
No high school diploma	9.6%	19.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	Jennings
Drove alone	82.6%	65.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.3%	13.5%
Walked	2.2%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	Jennings
1-unit, detached	55.2%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	29.7%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	6.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	Jennings
Poverty rate	12.0%	24.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1976	1954