Bridgewater vs Remsen

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

Bridgewater and Remsen 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 380 in Remsen). Remsen has the higher median household income ($54,792 vs $35,755 in Bridgewater). Since 2019, Bridgewater's population has grown faster (+22.2% vs -14.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Remsen
Population	507	380
Median age	31.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,755	$54,792
Median home value	—	$103,100
Median gross rent	$721	$757
Housing units	254	265
Homeownership rate	65.2%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Remsen
Population	415 → 507 (+22.2%)	443 → 380 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$46,806 → $35,755 (-23.6%)	$48,229 → $54,792 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $73,300 (+8.6%)	$86,300 → $103,100 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $721 (-11.3%)	$645 → $757 (+17.4%)

Bridgewater

Population

415507

Median household income

$46,806$35,755

Median home value

$67,500$73,300

Median gross rent

$813$721

Remsen

Population

443380

Median household income

$48,229$54,792

Median home value

$86,300$103,100

Median gross rent

$645$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Remsen
Under 5	5.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	15.3%
25 to 34	24.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	5.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.8%
75 and over	5.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Remsen
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Remsen
No high school diploma	19.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	59.1%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Remsen
Drove alone	84.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	15.1%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Remsen
1-unit, detached	35.8%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Remsen
Poverty rate	34.7%	17.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1953	1938