Bridgewater vs Patterson Heights

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

Bridgewater and Patterson Heights 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 725 in Patterson Heights). Patterson Heights has the higher median household income ($99,524 vs $55,909 in Bridgewater). Patterson Heights has the higher median home value ($213,700 vs $177,800 in Bridgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Patterson Heights
Population	763	725
Median age	50.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,909	$99,524
Median home value	$177,800	$213,700
Median gross rent	$769	—
Housing units	472	314
Homeownership rate	64.0%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Patterson Heights
Population	884 → 763 (-13.7%)	508 → 725 (+42.7%)
Median household income	$58,438 → $55,909 (-4.3%)	$85,250 → $99,524 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$145,600 → $177,800 (+22.1%)	$166,400 → $213,700 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $769 (-0.8%)	$1,067 → $1,000 (-6.3%)

Bridgewater

Population

884763

Median household income

$58,438$55,909

Median home value

$145,600$177,800

Median gross rent

$775$769

Patterson Heights

Population

508725

Median household income

$85,250$99,524

Median home value

$166,400$213,700

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Patterson Heights
Under 5	3.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	21.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.8%
75 and over	13.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Patterson Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	5.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Patterson Heights
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	39.1%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Patterson Heights
Drove alone	78.1%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	8.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Patterson Heights
1-unit, detached	55.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	14.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Patterson Heights
Poverty rate	10.5%	5.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1962	1938