Bridgewater Center vs Neshanic Station

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

Bridgewater Center and Neshanic Station 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 5,403 in Neshanic Station). Neshanic Station has the higher median household income ($213,682 vs $201,250 in Bridgewater Center). Bridgewater Center has the higher median home value ($649,900 vs $636,200 in Neshanic Station).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater Center	Neshanic Station
Population	6,198	5,403
Median age	41.7 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$201,250	$213,682
Median home value	$649,900	$636,200
Median gross rent	$2,637	$2,124
Housing units	1,976	2,029
Homeownership rate	91.4%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.3%	76.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater Center	Neshanic Station
Population	5,386 → 6,198 (+15.1%)	5,223 → 5,403 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$166,538 → $201,250 (+20.8%)	$181,848 → $213,682 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$577,500 → $649,900 (+12.5%)	$565,700 → $636,200 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,210 → $2,637 (+19.3%)	$1,438 → $2,124 (+47.7%)

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

Neshanic Station

Population

5,2235,403

Median household income

$181,848$213,682

Median home value

$565,700$636,200

Median gross rent

$1,438$2,124

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Neshanic Station
Under 5	7.9%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	6.8%
45 to 54	15.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.6%
75 and over	9.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Neshanic Station
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	65.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.2%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater Center	Neshanic Station
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	18.0%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.0%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Neshanic Station
Drove alone	73.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.0%
Public transit	2.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Neshanic Station
1-unit, detached	92.2%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	4.3%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater Center	Neshanic Station
Poverty rate	2.7%	0.2%
Average household size	3.25	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1968	1987