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Bridgewater township, Somerset County, NJ

46,268 Population
31.9 square miles 1,451 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$71,313 ±$2,566 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Somerset County: $72,193 ±$1,184
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$172,851 ±$9,619 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $140,374 ±$3,294
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

4.1% ±1.4% (1,867  ±631) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Somerset County: 5.4% † 18,637 (±0.6% / ±2,094)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

31.4 minutes ±0.8 (545,730  ±31,131) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 31.4 4,525,480 (±0.6 / ±120,315)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

16,505 ±360 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 130,802 ±435
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.8 ±0.1 (45,427  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 345,878 (±0 / ±75)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

6% ±1.8% (644  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 5.5% † 4,324 (±0.7% / ±533)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

16,975 ±388 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 133,639 ±156
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$605,500 ±$14,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $552,100 ±$7,374
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

5.7% ±1.3% (2,607  ±587.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 9.1% 31,614 (±0.8% / ±2,716.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

96.2% ±3.2% (31,019  ±1,153.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 94% 233,031 (±1.4% / ±3,419.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
61.8% ±2.5% (19,911  ±862.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 57.8% 143,265 (±1% / ±2,551.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

24.7% ±1.8% (11,446  ±809) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 27.9% 97,494
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

2.7% ±0.7% (974  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 3.2% 8,875 (±0.3% / ±733)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
974 Total veterans ±235 928 Male ±235 46 Female ±51

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