Bridgewater Center vs Watchung

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

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

Watchung has the higher population (6,429 vs 6,198 in Bridgewater Center). Bridgewater Center has the higher median household income ($201,250 vs $166,536 in Watchung). Watchung has the higher median home value ($833,300 vs $649,900 in Bridgewater Center).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater Center	Watchung
Population	6,198	6,429
Median age	41.7 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$201,250	$166,536
Median home value	$649,900	$833,300
Median gross rent	$2,637	$2,571
Housing units	1,976	2,429
Homeownership rate	91.4%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.3%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater Center	Watchung
Population	5,386 → 6,198 (+15.1%)	6,039 → 6,429 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$166,538 → $201,250 (+20.8%)	$157,263 → $166,536 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$577,500 → $649,900 (+12.5%)	$674,500 → $833,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,210 → $2,637 (+19.3%)	$2,021 → $2,571 (+27.2%)

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

Watchung

Population

6,0396,429

Median household income

$157,263$166,536

Median home value

$674,500$833,300

Median gross rent

$2,021$2,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Watchung
Under 5	7.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	17.1%
75 and over	9.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Watchung
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	73.2%
Black or African American	4.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.2%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater Center	Watchung
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	18.0%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.0%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Watchung
Drove alone	73.4%	62.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	1.1%
Public transit	2.2%	6.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	27.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater Center	Watchung
1-unit, detached	92.2%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	4.3%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater Center	Watchung
Poverty rate	2.7%	2.1%
Average household size	3.25	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1968	1970