Bridgewater vs Elkton

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

Bridgewater and Elkton 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 2,973 in Elkton). Bridgewater has the higher median household income ($81,012 vs $61,385 in Elkton). Bridgewater has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $232,300 in Elkton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Elkton
Population	6,650	2,973
Median age	31.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,012	$61,385
Median home value	$372,400	$232,300
Median gross rent	$1,141	$745
Housing units	2,322	1,297
Homeownership rate	64.0%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Elkton
Population	6,032 → 6,650 (+10.2%)	2,846 → 2,973 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$62,870 → $81,012 (+28.9%)	$54,605 → $61,385 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$234,300 → $372,400 (+58.9%)	$183,400 → $232,300 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,141 (+27.3%)	$811 → $745 (-8.1%)

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

Elkton

Population

2,8462,973

Median household income

$54,605$61,385

Median home value

$183,400$232,300

Median gross rent

$811$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Elkton
Under 5	6.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	25.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	4.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.6%
75 and over	10.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Elkton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	90.9%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Elkton
No high school diploma	6.4%	9.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Elkton
Drove alone	60.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	5.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Elkton
1-unit, detached	62.9%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	16.7%
20 or more units	4.5%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Elkton
Poverty rate	6.5%	7.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	13	28
Median year structure built	1985	1978