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Bridgewater township, Somerset County, NJ

44,726 Population
31.9 square miles 1,402.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$55,416 ±$2,321 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Somerset County: $54,393 ±$826
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $40,895 ±$197
$126,743 ±$4,043 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $111,772 ±$1,996
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $79,363 ±$386

3.5% ±1.2% (1,565  ±515) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Somerset County: 4.7% 15,319 (±0.4% / ±1,343)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 10.4% 904,132 (±0.2% / ±13,835)

31 minutes ±1.2 (673,130  ±31,725) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Somerset County: 32.3 5,159,430 (±0.5 / ±95,365)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 31.8 130,635,610 (±0.1 / ±519,284)

Families

15,368 ±351 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 117,012 ±843
  • New Jersey: 3,213,362 ±6,651
2.9 ±0.1 (44,004  ±196) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.8 325,734 (±0 / ±420)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,697,059 (±0)

3.7% ±1.1% (375  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 3.8% † 2,891 (±0.5% / ±355)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,729 (±0.1% / ±2,120)

Housing

15,843 ±363 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 126,209 ±162
  • New Jersey: 3,605,401 ±471

$476,800 ±$7,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $420,500 ±$5,489
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $327,900 ±$841

9.2% ±1.8% (4,064  ±795.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 9.2% 29,929 (±0.6% / ±1,910.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.1% 891,243 (±0.1% / ±10,510.3)

Social

95.7% ±3.2% (29,518  ±1,037.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 94.7% 216,552 (±1.2% / ±2,837.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.5% 5,488,429 (±0.3% / ±15,972)
57.5% ±2.2% (17,746  ±709.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 54.5% 124,687 (±0.9% / ±2,069.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 38.9% 2,384,056 (±0.2% / ±9,440.3)

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

25.5% ±1.6% (11,401  ±721) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 25% 82,643 (±0.6% / ±1,949)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 22.2% 1,968,060 (±0.1% / ±9,950)

3.7% ±0.5% (1,260  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Somerset County: 3.8% 9,761 (±0.2% / ±619)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 333,835 (±0.1% / ±3,178)
1,260 Total veterans ±177 1,206 Male ±178 54 Female ±34

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