Bridge City vs Vidor

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

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

Vidor has the higher population (9,738 vs 9,549 in Bridge City). Bridge City has the higher median household income ($103,256 vs $62,020 in Vidor). Bridge City has the higher median home value ($195,600 vs $111,600 in Vidor).

Population, income & housing

	Bridge City	Vidor
Population	9,549	9,738
Median age	34.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,256	$62,020
Median home value	$195,600	$111,600
Median gross rent	$1,429	$791
Housing units	3,864	4,947
Homeownership rate	78.5%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridge City	Vidor
Population	7,961 → 9,549 (+19.9%)	10,725 → 9,738 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$83,885 → $103,256 (+23.1%)	$43,637 → $62,020 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $195,600 (+45.0%)	$85,800 → $111,600 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,429 (+37.4%)	$688 → $791 (+15.0%)

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

Vidor

Population

10,7259,738

Median household income

$43,637$62,020

Median home value

$85,800$111,600

Median gross rent

$688$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridge City	Vidor
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	14.0%
75 and over	4.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridge City	Vidor
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridge City	Vidor
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridge City	Vidor
Drove alone	95.1%	86.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridge City	Vidor
1-unit, detached	81.0%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Bridge City	Vidor
Poverty rate	7.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1981	1974