Bridgewater Center vs South Bound Brook

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

Bridgewater Center and South Bound Brook 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 4,833 in South Bound Brook). Bridgewater Center has the higher median household income ($201,250 vs $102,019 in South Bound Brook). Bridgewater Center has the higher median home value ($649,900 vs $345,300 in South Bound Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater Center	South Bound Brook
Population	6,198	4,833
Median age	41.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$201,250	$102,019
Median home value	$649,900	$345,300
Median gross rent	$2,637	$1,822
Housing units	1,976	1,870
Homeownership rate	91.4%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater Center	South Bound Brook
Population	5,386 → 6,198 (+15.1%)	4,534 → 4,833 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$166,538 → $201,250 (+20.8%)	$85,223 → $102,019 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$577,500 → $649,900 (+12.5%)	$248,800 → $345,300 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,210 → $2,637 (+19.3%)	$1,422 → $1,822 (+28.1%)

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

South Bound Brook

Population

4,5344,833

Median household income

$85,223$102,019

Median home value

$248,800$345,300

Median gross rent

$1,422$1,822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater Center	South Bound Brook
Under 5	7.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	18.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.8%
75 and over	9.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater Center	South Bound Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	41.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	38.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater Center	South Bound Brook
No high school diploma	3.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	18.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater Center	South Bound Brook
Drove alone	73.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	11.2%
Public transit	2.2%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater Center	South Bound Brook
1-unit, detached	92.2%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater Center	South Bound Brook
Poverty rate	2.7%	16.4%
Average household size	3.25	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1968	1966