Bridgeton vs Gouldtown

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

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

Bridgeton has the higher population (26,836 vs 1,555 in Gouldtown). Gouldtown has the higher median household income ($53,281 vs $46,124 in Bridgeton). Gouldtown has the higher median home value ($179,800 vs $134,400 in Bridgeton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	Gouldtown
Population	26,836	1,555
Median age	28.9 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,124	$53,281
Median home value	$134,400	$179,800
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,252
Housing units	7,681	661
Homeownership rate	35.0%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	Gouldtown
Population	24,540 → 26,836 (+9.4%)	1,805 → 1,555 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$37,804 → $46,124 (+22.0%)	$43,563 → $53,281 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $134,400 (+23.1%)	$159,200 → $179,800 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,129 → $1,367 (+21.1%)	$1,034 → $1,252 (+21.1%)

Bridgeton

Population

24,54026,836

Median household income

$37,804$46,124

Median home value

$109,200$134,400

Median gross rent

$1,129$1,367

Gouldtown

Population

1,8051,555

Median household income

$43,563$53,281

Median home value

$159,200$179,800

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,252

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	Gouldtown
Under 5	7.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	25.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	3.9%	11.4%
75 and over	2.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	Gouldtown
White (non-Hispanic)	10.0%	9.5%
Black or African American	30.3%	66.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	57.0%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	Gouldtown
No high school diploma	34.2%	19.5%
High school graduate	44.6%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	Gouldtown
Drove alone	62.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	27.1%	21.6%
Public transit	2.0%	3.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.6%	7.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	Gouldtown
1-unit, detached	37.4%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	29.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	Gouldtown
Poverty rate	31.7%	7.4%
Average household size	3.32	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1957	1974