Bridgewater Center vs Lyons

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

Bridgewater Center and Lyons 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 5,444 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($243,958 vs $201,250 in Bridgewater Center). Lyons has the higher median home value ($936,000 vs $649,900 in Bridgewater Center).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater Center	Lyons
Population	6,198	5,444
Median age	41.7 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$201,250	$243,958
Median home value	$649,900	$936,000
Median gross rent	$2,637	—
Housing units	1,976	1,734
Homeownership rate	91.4%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.3%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater Center	Lyons
Population	5,386 → 6,198 (+15.1%)	5,331 → 5,444 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$166,538 → $201,250 (+20.8%)	$206,683 → $243,958 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$577,500 → $649,900 (+12.5%)	$737,100 → $936,000 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,210 → $2,637 (+19.3%)	—

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

Lyons

Population

5,3315,444

Median household income

$206,683$243,958

Median home value

$737,100$936,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Lyons
Under 5	7.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.3%	2.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	18.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.0%
75 and over	9.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	66.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.2%	19.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater Center	Lyons
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	18.0%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.0%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Lyons
Drove alone	73.4%	66.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.0%
Public transit	2.2%	9.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	24.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Lyons
1-unit, detached	92.2%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	16.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater Center	Lyons
Poverty rate	2.7%	1.9%
Average household size	3.25	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1968	1985