Bridgewater vs Broadway

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

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

Bridgewater has the higher population (6,650 vs 4,221 in Broadway). Bridgewater has the higher median household income ($81,012 vs $61,685 in Broadway). Bridgewater has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $264,900 in Broadway).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Broadway
Population	6,650	4,221
Median age	31.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,012	$61,685
Median home value	$372,400	$264,900
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,018
Housing units	2,322	1,946
Homeownership rate	64.0%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Broadway
Population	6,032 → 6,650 (+10.2%)	3,891 → 4,221 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$62,870 → $81,012 (+28.9%)	$48,594 → $61,685 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$234,300 → $372,400 (+58.9%)	$196,300 → $264,900 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,141 (+27.3%)	$743 → $1,018 (+37.0%)

Bridgewater

Population

6,0326,650

Median household income

$62,870$81,012

Median home value

$234,300$372,400

Median gross rent

$896$1,141

Broadway

Population

3,8914,221

Median household income

$48,594$61,685

Median home value

$196,300$264,900

Median gross rent

$743$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Broadway
Under 5	6.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	25.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	4.1%	6.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.5%
75 and over	10.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Broadway
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Broadway
No high school diploma	6.4%	14.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Broadway
Drove alone	60.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	8.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Broadway
1-unit, detached	62.9%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	24.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	9.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Broadway
Poverty rate	6.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1985	1993