Bridgeton vs Cherry Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeton and Cherry Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridgeton and Cherry Branch are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cherry Branch has the higher population (1,406 vs 561 in Bridgeton). Cherry Branch has the higher median household income ($111,930 vs $35,833 in Bridgeton). Cherry Branch has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $139,600 in Bridgeton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	Cherry Branch
Population	561	1,406
Median age	30.7 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$111,930
Median home value	$139,600	$278,800
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,645
Housing units	242	451
Homeownership rate	58.3%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	Cherry Branch
Population	346 → 561 (+62.1%)	1,397 → 1,406 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $35,833 (-29.0%)	$78,750 → $111,930 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $139,600 (-1.2%)	$219,700 → $278,800 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,082 (+3.8%)	$1,325 → $1,645 (+24.2%)

Bridgeton

Population

346561

Median household income

$50,500$35,833

Median home value

$141,300$139,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,082

Cherry Branch

Population

1,3971,406

Median household income

$78,750$111,930

Median home value

$219,700$278,800

Median gross rent

$1,325$1,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	Cherry Branch
Under 5	12.5%	8.6%
5 to 17	27.6%	27.2%
18 to 24	2.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	21.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	3.4%	4.6%
55 to 64	4.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	2.8%
75 and over	6.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	Cherry Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	73.4%
Black or African American	10.9%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	Cherry Branch
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	Cherry Branch
Drove alone	82.2%	73.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	22.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	Cherry Branch
1-unit, detached	36.8%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	Cherry Branch
Poverty rate	50.4%	2.4%
Average household size	2.72	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	56
Median year structure built	1981	2005