Bridge City vs Orange

A side-by-side comparison of Bridge City and Orange: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridge City and Orange are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orange has the higher population (19,178 vs 9,549 in Bridge City). Bridge City has the higher median household income ($103,256 vs $60,183 in Orange). Bridge City has the higher median home value ($195,600 vs $147,200 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Bridge City	Orange
Population	9,549	19,178
Median age	34.6 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,256	$60,183
Median home value	$195,600	$147,200
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,032
Housing units	3,864	8,703
Homeownership rate	78.5%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridge City	Orange
Population	7,961 → 9,549 (+19.9%)	18,762 → 19,178 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$83,885 → $103,256 (+23.1%)	$48,169 → $60,183 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $195,600 (+45.0%)	$100,900 → $147,200 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,429 (+37.4%)	$822 → $1,032 (+25.5%)

Bridge City

Population

7,9619,549

Median household income

$83,885$103,256

Median home value

$134,900$195,600

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,429

Orange

Population

18,76219,178

Median household income

$48,169$60,183

Median home value

$100,900$147,200

Median gross rent

$822$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridge City	Orange
Under 5	6.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.1%
75 and over	4.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridge City	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	54.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	29.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridge City	Orange
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridge City	Orange
Drove alone	95.1%	79.5%
Carpooled	1.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridge City	Orange
1-unit, detached	81.0%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bridge City	Orange
Poverty rate	7.1%	17.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1981	1972