Bridgewater vs Grottoes

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

Bridgewater and Grottoes 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 2,926 in Grottoes). Grottoes has the higher median household income ($84,508 vs $81,012 in Bridgewater). Bridgewater has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $267,500 in Grottoes).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Grottoes
Population	6,650	2,926
Median age	31.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,012	$84,508
Median home value	$372,400	$267,500
Median gross rent	$1,141	$847
Housing units	2,322	1,243
Homeownership rate	64.0%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Grottoes
Population	6,032 → 6,650 (+10.2%)	2,789 → 2,926 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$62,870 → $81,012 (+28.9%)	$53,750 → $84,508 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$234,300 → $372,400 (+58.9%)	$165,400 → $267,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,141 (+27.3%)	$813 → $847 (+4.2%)

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

Grottoes

Population

2,7892,926

Median household income

$53,750$84,508

Median home value

$165,400$267,500

Median gross rent

$813$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Grottoes
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	25.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	4.1%	19.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	4.9%
75 and over	10.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Grottoes
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	88.0%
Black or African American	4.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Grottoes
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	23.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Grottoes
Drove alone	60.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	4.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Grottoes
1-unit, detached	62.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	4.5%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Grottoes
Poverty rate	6.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	13	25
Median year structure built	1985	1986