Bridgewater vs Massanetta Springs

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

Bridgewater and Massanetta Springs 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 6,028 in Massanetta Springs). Massanetta Springs has the higher median household income ($104,911 vs $81,012 in Bridgewater). Massanetta Springs has the higher median home value ($454,900 vs $372,400 in Bridgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Massanetta Springs
Population	6,650	6,028
Median age	31.9 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,012	$104,911
Median home value	$372,400	$454,900
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,691
Housing units	2,322	2,657
Homeownership rate	64.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Massanetta Springs
Population	6,032 → 6,650 (+10.2%)	5,884 → 6,028 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$62,870 → $81,012 (+28.9%)	$91,250 → $104,911 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$234,300 → $372,400 (+58.9%)	$393,900 → $454,900 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,141 (+27.3%)	$1,321 → $1,691 (+28.0%)

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

Massanetta Springs

Population

5,8846,028

Median household income

$91,250$104,911

Median home value

$393,900$454,900

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Massanetta Springs
Under 5	6.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	25.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	4.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.5%
75 and over	10.0%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Massanetta Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	84.2%
Black or African American	4.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Massanetta Springs
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Massanetta Springs
Drove alone	60.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	11.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Massanetta Springs
1-unit, detached	62.9%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	29.4%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	4.5%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Massanetta Springs
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1985	2002