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Bridgewater, VA

6,650 Population
2.5 square miles 2,637.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,850 ±$4,477 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $34,832 ±$1,184
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$81,012 ±$12,417 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $72,145 ±$2,312
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

6.5% ±7.3% (328  ±366) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 15.2% 19,200 (±1.2% / ±1,537)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

13.4 minutes ±1.5 (35,335  ±5,447) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 20 1,200,310 (±0.7 / ±46,869)
  • about half the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

2,177 ±212 Number of households
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 49,379 ±493
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.3 ±0.2 (5,041  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 2.6 126,876 (±0 / ±118)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

7.1% ±5.3% (119  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 3% † 1,063 (±0.6% / ±215)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

2,322 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 54,749 ±83
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$372,400 ±$44,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $284,800 ±$6,007
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

14.2% ±4.4% (934  ±293.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 16.6% 22,393 (±1.1% / ±1,505.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

93.6% ±10.5% (3,458  ±457.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 85.9% 72,272 (±2.1% / ±1,801.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
48.7% ±8.7% (1,798  ±345) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 31% 26,090 (±1.3% / ±1,065.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

8.7% ±4.1% (579  ±274) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 10.3% 14,058
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

5.2% ±2.3% (281  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 5% 5,407 (±0.4% / ±446)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
281 Total veterans ±125 196 Male ±101 85 Female ±77

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