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Bridgewater township, Somerset County, NJ

44,467 Population
31.9 square miles 1,394.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,899 ±$2,284 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Somerset County: $55,828 ±$931
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $42,745 ±$199
$133,342 ±$3,999 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $113,611 ±$2,184
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $82,545 ±$400

3.1% ±0.8% (1,365  ±338) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 5.1% 16,762 (±0.5% / ±1,680)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 10% 869,081 (±0.2% / ±15,206)

31.7 minutes ±0.9 (675,460  ±28,408) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Somerset County: 32.5 5,199,470 (±0.4 / ±83,366)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 32.2 133,166,730 (±0.1 / ±581,610)

Families

15,401 ±380 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 118,193 ±783
  • New Jersey: 3,231,874 ±7,167
2.8 ±0.1 (43,743  ±205) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.8 325,380 (±0 / ±469)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,694,933 (±0)

3.5% ±1% (356  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 4% † 2,993 (±0.6% / ±418)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,738 (±0.1% / ±2,285)

Housing

15,920 ±426 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 126,717 ±212
  • New Jersey: 3,616,614 ±596

$488,600 ±$8,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $430,700 ±$5,754
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $335,600 ±$797

9.7% ±1.7% (4,277  ±756) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 9.2% 29,959 (±0.6% / ±1,882.6)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 898,984 (±0.1% / ±11,270.3)

Social

95.5% ±2.9% (29,544  ±997) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 94.5% 216,937 (±1.2% / ±2,789.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.8% 5,520,448 (±0.3% / ±16,297.9)
58.9% ±2.2% (18,232  ±722.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 54.7% 125,454 (±0.9% / ±2,015)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 39.7% 2,440,951 (±0.2% / ±9,872.7)

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

27.4% ±1.5% (12,176  ±658) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 25.1% 82,743 (±0.6% / ±1,818)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 22.4% 1,992,027 (±0.1% / ±11,424)

3.6% ±0.6% (1,221  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Somerset County: 3.7% 9,579 (±0.2% / ±520)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 321,991 (±0.1% / ±3,253)
1,221 Total veterans ±193 1,171 Male ±191 50 Female ±36

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