Bridge City vs West Orange

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

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

Bridge City has the higher population (9,549 vs 3,442 in West Orange). Bridge City has the higher median household income ($103,256 vs $59,583 in West Orange). Bridge City has the higher median home value ($195,600 vs $110,700 in West Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Bridge City	West Orange
Population	9,549	3,442
Median age	34.6 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,256	$59,583
Median home value	$195,600	$110,700
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,402
Housing units	3,864	1,593
Homeownership rate	78.5%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridge City	West Orange
Population	7,961 → 9,549 (+19.9%)	3,342 → 3,442 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$83,885 → $103,256 (+23.1%)	$47,692 → $59,583 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $195,600 (+45.0%)	$86,800 → $110,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,429 (+37.4%)	$843 → $1,402 (+66.3%)

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

West Orange

Population

3,3423,442

Median household income

$47,692$59,583

Median home value

$86,800$110,700

Median gross rent

$843$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridge City	West Orange
Under 5	6.3%	12.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	15.2%
75 and over	4.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridge City	West Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	2.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridge City	West Orange
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridge City	West Orange
Drove alone	95.1%	84.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridge City	West Orange
1-unit, detached	81.0%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Bridge City	West Orange
Poverty rate	7.1%	21.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1981	1961