Bridgeton vs West Park

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

Bridgeton and West Park 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 1,521 in West Park). West Park has the higher median household income ($73,397 vs $46,124 in Bridgeton). West Park has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $134,400 in Bridgeton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	West Park
Population	26,836	1,521
Median age	28.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,124	$73,397
Median home value	$134,400	$224,000
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,282
Housing units	7,681	712
Homeownership rate	35.0%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	West Park
Population	24,540 → 26,836 (+9.4%)	1,566 → 1,521 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$37,804 → $46,124 (+22.0%)	$64,868 → $73,397 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $134,400 (+23.1%)	$152,900 → $224,000 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,129 → $1,367 (+21.1%)	$803 → $1,282 (+59.7%)

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

West Park

Population

1,5661,521

Median household income

$64,868$73,397

Median home value

$152,900$224,000

Median gross rent

$803$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	West Park
Under 5	7.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	25.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	18.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	6.3%
65 to 74	3.9%	10.8%
75 and over	2.0%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	West Park
White (non-Hispanic)	10.0%	57.1%
Black or African American	30.3%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	57.0%	24.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	West Park
No high school diploma	34.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	44.6%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	West Park
Drove alone	62.4%	87.4%
Carpooled	27.1%	7.3%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	West Park
1-unit, detached	37.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	29.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	West Park
Poverty rate	31.7%	17.9%
Average household size	3.32	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1957	1963