Bridgewater Center vs Franklin Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgewater Center and Franklin Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bridgewater Center has the higher population (6,198 vs 5,770 in Franklin Center). Bridgewater Center has the higher median household income ($201,250 vs $138,643 in Franklin Center). Bridgewater Center has the higher median home value ($649,900 vs $565,200 in Franklin Center).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater Center	Franklin Center
Population	6,198	5,770
Median age	41.7 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$201,250	$138,643
Median home value	$649,900	$565,200
Median gross rent	$2,637	$2,588
Housing units	1,976	2,592
Homeownership rate	91.4%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.3%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater Center	Franklin Center
Population	5,386 → 6,198 (+15.1%)	5,860 → 5,770 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$166,538 → $201,250 (+20.8%)	$104,044 → $138,643 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$577,500 → $649,900 (+12.5%)	$437,700 → $565,200 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,210 → $2,637 (+19.3%)	$2,013 → $2,588 (+28.6%)

Bridgewater Center

Population

5,3866,198

Median household income

$166,538$201,250

Median home value

$577,500$649,900

Median gross rent

$2,210$2,637

Franklin Center

Population

5,8605,770

Median household income

$104,044$138,643

Median home value

$437,700$565,200

Median gross rent

$2,013$2,588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Franklin Center
Under 5	7.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	9.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	22.5%
75 and over	9.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Franklin Center
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	39.0%
Black or African American	4.8%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	15.2%	30.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.8%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater Center	Franklin Center
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	18.0%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	29.0%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Franklin Center
Drove alone	73.4%	56.8%
Carpooled	2.2%	10.0%
Public transit	2.2%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	29.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Franklin Center
1-unit, detached	92.2%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater Center	Franklin Center
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.6%
Average household size	3.25	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1968	2006