Bridgewater vs Timberville

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

Bridgewater and Timberville 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 2,998 in Timberville). Bridgewater has the higher median household income ($81,012 vs $56,837 in Timberville). Bridgewater has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $211,500 in Timberville).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Timberville
Population	6,650	2,998
Median age	31.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,012	$56,837
Median home value	$372,400	$211,500
Median gross rent	$1,141	$943
Housing units	2,322	1,207
Homeownership rate	64.0%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Timberville
Population	6,032 → 6,650 (+10.2%)	2,635 → 2,998 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$62,870 → $81,012 (+28.9%)	$50,179 → $56,837 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$234,300 → $372,400 (+58.9%)	$146,400 → $211,500 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,141 (+27.3%)	$834 → $943 (+13.1%)

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

Timberville

Population

2,6352,998

Median household income

$50,179$56,837

Median home value

$146,400$211,500

Median gross rent

$834$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater	Timberville
Under 5	6.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	25.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	4.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.2%
75 and over	10.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Timberville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	82.1%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Timberville
No high school diploma	6.4%	21.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Timberville
Drove alone	60.4%	87.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	2.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Timberville
1-unit, detached	62.9%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Timberville
Poverty rate	6.5%	12.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1985	1980