Bridgewater vs East Rochester

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

Bridgewater and East Rochester are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bridgewater has the higher population (763 vs 583 in East Rochester). Bridgewater has the higher median household income ($55,909 vs $42,569 in East Rochester). Bridgewater has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $112,100 in East Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	East Rochester
Population	763	583
Median age	50.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,909	$42,569
Median home value	$177,800	$112,100
Median gross rent	$769	$818
Housing units	472	302
Homeownership rate	64.0%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	East Rochester
Population	884 → 763 (-13.7%)	472 → 583 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$58,438 → $55,909 (-4.3%)	$42,969 → $42,569 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$145,600 → $177,800 (+22.1%)	$88,800 → $112,100 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $769 (-0.8%)	$647 → $818 (+26.4%)

Bridgewater

Population

884763

Median household income

$58,438$55,909

Median home value

$145,600$177,800

Median gross rent

$775$769

East Rochester

Population

472583

Median household income

$42,969$42,569

Median home value

$88,800$112,100

Median gross rent

$647$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	East Rochester
Under 5	3.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.7%
75 and over	13.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	East Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	76.2%
Black or African American	5.4%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	East Rochester
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	39.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	East Rochester
Drove alone	78.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.7%
Public transit	0.9%	2.9%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	18.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	East Rochester
1-unit, detached	55.9%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	18.5%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	11.6%
20 or more units	14.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	East Rochester
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.2%
Average household size	1.98	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1962	1948