Bridgewater vs Oriskany Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgewater and Oriskany Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oriskany Falls has the higher population (616 vs 507 in Bridgewater). Oriskany Falls has the higher median household income ($45,536 vs $35,755 in Bridgewater). Since 2019, Bridgewater's population has grown faster (+22.2% vs -29.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Oriskany Falls
Population	507	616
Median age	31.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,755	$45,536
Median home value	—	$93,900
Median gross rent	$721	$675
Housing units	254	307
Homeownership rate	65.2%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Oriskany Falls
Population	415 → 507 (+22.2%)	874 → 616 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$46,806 → $35,755 (-23.6%)	$55,163 → $45,536 (-17.5%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $73,300 (+8.6%)	$86,700 → $93,900 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $721 (-11.3%)	$736 → $675 (-8.3%)

Bridgewater

Population

415507

Median household income

$46,806$35,755

Median home value

$67,500$73,300

Median gross rent

$813$721

Oriskany Falls

Population

874616

Median household income

$55,163$45,536

Median home value

$86,700$93,900

Median gross rent

$736$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Oriskany Falls
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	24.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	20.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.4%
75 and over	5.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Oriskany Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Oriskany Falls
No high school diploma	19.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	59.1%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Oriskany Falls
Drove alone	84.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	15.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Oriskany Falls
1-unit, detached	35.8%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	26.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	41.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Oriskany Falls
Poverty rate	34.7%	12.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1953	1938