Bridgewater vs Prospect

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

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

Bridgewater has the higher population (507 vs 337 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($46,413 vs $35,755 in Bridgewater). Since 2019, Bridgewater's population has grown faster (+22.2% vs -20.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Prospect
Population	507	337
Median age	31.0 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,755	$46,413
Median home value	—	$104,400
Median gross rent	$721	—
Housing units	254	150
Homeownership rate	65.2%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Prospect
Population	415 → 507 (+22.2%)	426 → 337 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$46,806 → $35,755 (-23.6%)	$69,063 → $46,413 (-32.8%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $73,300 (+8.6%)	$98,900 → $104,400 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $721 (-11.3%)	—

Bridgewater

Population

415507

Median household income

$46,806$35,755

Median home value

$67,500$73,300

Median gross rent

$813$721

Prospect

Population

426337

Median household income

$69,063$46,413

Median home value

$98,900$104,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Prospect
Under 5	5.3%	10.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	29.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.1%
25 to 34	24.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	20.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	2.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	18.7%
75 and over	5.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Prospect
No high school diploma	19.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	59.1%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Prospect
Drove alone	84.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	15.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Prospect
1-unit, detached	35.8%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	25.3%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Prospect
Poverty rate	34.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1953	1938