Bridgeton vs Cove City

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeton and Cove City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cove City has the higher population (583 vs 561 in Bridgeton). Cove City has the higher median household income ($50,893 vs $35,833 in Bridgeton). Bridgeton has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $78,800 in Cove City).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	Cove City
Population	561	583
Median age	30.7 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$50,893
Median home value	$139,600	$78,800
Median gross rent	$1,082	$916
Housing units	242	248
Homeownership rate	58.3%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	Cove City
Population	346 → 561 (+62.1%)	449 → 583 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $35,833 (-29.0%)	$50,000 → $50,893 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $139,600 (-1.2%)	$78,300 → $78,800 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,082 (+3.8%)	$797 → $916 (+14.9%)

Bridgeton

Population

346561

Median household income

$50,500$35,833

Median home value

$141,300$139,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,082

Cove City

Population

449583

Median household income

$50,000$50,893

Median home value

$78,300$78,800

Median gross rent

$797$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	Cove City
Under 5	12.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	27.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	2.1%	1.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	21.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	3.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	4.3%	24.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.8%
75 and over	6.6%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	Cove City
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	10.9%	28.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	Cove City
No high school diploma	9.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	Cove City
Drove alone	82.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	Cove City
1-unit, detached	36.8%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	Cove City
Poverty rate	50.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1981	1987