Bridgewater, NH

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Bridgewater, New Hampshire

As of the year 2000 census, 974 people lived in Bridgewater.

The People and Families of Bridgewater

In Bridgewater, about 65% of adults are married. Bridgewater is one of those places you go to when you're already married, not to find someone. It seems that everyone in town is married (though of course they're not).

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Bridgewater had a median family income of $54,722. Significantly, more adults in Bridgewater have earned college degrees than have people in most other towns in New Hampshire. (Whether or not they're interested in marriage, it's worth noting that there are a lot of high-income single people in the town.)

Bridgewater Housing

An estimated 85% of living spaces in Bridgewater are occupied by their owners, not by renters. Vacation or seasonal housing units are not uncommon in the town. The housing stock in Bridgewater is younger than in most places. Property values, and taxes, are on the low side in the town compared to other places in the state.

Commuting

In Bridgewater, 95% of commuters drive to work.

Of Note

High Points

Bridgewater strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in New Hampshire):

Category	Trophy
Affordability of Property Taxes (vs. State)	Top 8%
College Educated Adults (vs. Peers)	Top 10%
Well-Paid Single Women (vs. Peers)	Top 10%
Well-Paid Single Men (vs. Peers)	Top 11%
Median Family Income (vs. Peers)	Top 16%
People in Middle Class or Better (vs. Peers)	Top 17%

Comparative Profile of Bridgewater, NH

Comparing Bridgewater to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in New Hampshire (State):

Ratings range from (lowest) to (highest).

The People

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Age of the Population
Well-Paid Single Women
Well-Paid Single Men
Senior Citizens
Male Share of the Population
Racial Diversity
Female Share of the Population
Children Under 5 Years Old

Families

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Portion of People Married
Average Household Size

Wealth

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
College Educated Adults
Median Family Income
People in Middle Class or Better
People Above Poverty

Commute & Sprawl

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Public Transportation Use
Working at Home
Walking and Biking to Work
Short Commute Times

Housing

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Seasonal and Vacation Housing
Housing Recently Built
People Living Alone
Affordability of Property Taxes
Affordability of Rents
Studio & One-Bedroom Rentals

Library
Bridgewater Public Library 955 River Road Bridgewater, New Hampshire (603) 968-7911

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	974	100%
Male	479	49.2%
Female	495	50.8%
Under 18	192	19.7%
18+	782	80.3%
65+	188	19.3%
Median Age	45.4
Average Family Size	2.78
White	965	99.1%
African-American	0	0%
Asian	5	0.5%
American Indian & Alaskan	1	0.1%
Other	2	0.2%
Mixed Race	1	0.1%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	6	0.6%
Median Family Income (1999)	$54,722
Population In Poverty	67	6.9%

Category	Value
Est. 2005 Population	1,065
Growth	91
Growth %	9.3%

Ancestry	Percent
Irish	18.5%
English	18.1%
French (except Basque)	8.5%
US/American	8%
Italian	7.1%
German	6.2%
Scottish	5.4%
Scotch-Irish	4.8%
French Canadian	4.7%
Swedish	2.8%
Canadian	2.7%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	2.5%
Norwegian	1.7%
Russian	1.6%
Polish	1.6%
Welsh	1%
Dutch	0.8%
Lithuanian	0.6%
Czechoslovakian	0.6%
Portuguese	0.5%
Scandinavian	0.3%
Hungarian	0.3%
Jamaican	0.3%
Greek	0.3%
Finnish	0.3%
Eastern European	0.3%
Belgian	0.3%
Czech	0.3%
British	0.3%

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