Bridgeton vs Neuse Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeton and Neuse Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Neuse Forest has the higher population (2,406 vs 561 in Bridgeton). Neuse Forest has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $35,833 in Bridgeton). Neuse Forest has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $139,600 in Bridgeton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	Neuse Forest
Population	561	2,406
Median age	30.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$88,333
Median home value	$139,600	$194,200
Median gross rent	$1,082	$986
Housing units	242	824
Homeownership rate	58.3%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	Neuse Forest
Population	346 → 561 (+62.1%)	1,536 → 2,406 (+56.6%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $35,833 (-29.0%)	$75,114 → $88,333 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $139,600 (-1.2%)	$218,900 → $194,200 (-11.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,082 (+3.8%)	$1,136 → $986 (-13.2%)

Bridgeton

Population

346561

Median household income

$50,500$35,833

Median home value

$141,300$139,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,082

Neuse Forest

Population

1,5362,406

Median household income

$75,114$88,333

Median home value

$218,900$194,200

Median gross rent

$1,136$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	Neuse Forest
Under 5	12.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	27.6%	25.7%
18 to 24	2.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	21.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	3.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	4.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	14.0%
75 and over	6.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	Neuse Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	96.0%
Black or African American	10.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	Neuse Forest
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	Neuse Forest
Drove alone	82.2%	87.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	Neuse Forest
1-unit, detached	36.8%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	1.9%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	Neuse Forest
Poverty rate	50.4%	10.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1981	1991