Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Bridgewater Town are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 4.8% of residents, where Massachusetts as a whole has 10.0%. Bridgewater Town grades A− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 47.9 in Boston.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bridgewater Town
Bridgewater Town’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bridgewater Town is Boston, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (1,779) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Bridgewater Town draws workers from far and wide
The 8,105 jobs in Bridgewater Town are filled from a wide area. Bridgewater Town’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 31%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Bridgewater Town
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bridgewater Town is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #136 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income holds Bridgewater Town’s grade up ($112,651, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bridgewater Town could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Where in the region Bridgewater Town works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
14% of working residents work in Boston
Where Bridgewater Town clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Bridgewater Town on a workday afternoon
On a workday 12,035 residents head out to work, 911 work right here, and 7,194 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Bridgewater Town on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
69% of the jobs in Bridgewater Town pay over $3,333 a month
8,105 jobs are based in Bridgewater Town.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgewater Town, 2013 → 2023: 7,481 → 8,105. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridgewater Town’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bridgewater Town’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgewater Town workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,259 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Bridgewater Town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bridgewater Town is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #91 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 8.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,037 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 30% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Bridgewater Town households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Bridgewater Town’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bridgewater Town next to U.S. towns of 21,000 to 40,000: 420th of 1,366 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Hingham MA | 24,481 | $178K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Lexington MA | 34,648 | $238K | 4.7% | 2.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 37 | Reading MA | 25,803 | $166K | 3.2% | 3.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 418 | Bryant AR | 22,815 | $83K | 5.6% | 2.6% | 10% | A− |
| 419 | Laguna Beach CA | 22,391 | $144K | 6.1% | 5.0% | 15% | A− |
| 420 | Bridgewater Town MA | 29,309 | $113K | 4.8% | 4.7% | 7% | A− |
| 421 | Stow OH | 33,941 | $94K | 5.2% | 3.9% | 9% | A− |
| 422 | Washington Township IL | 24,235 | $90K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,366 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bridgewater Town, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Around Bridgewater Town: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Raynham (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridgewater Town workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Town | – | A− | A | 31 min | $112,651 |
| Middleborough | under 3% | B+ | B | 31 min | $97,056 |
| East Bridgewater | under 3% | A− | B− | 32 min | $133,853 |
| Halifax | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 35 min | $118,556 |
| Raynham | 2% | A− | A− | 36 min | $124,012 |
| West Bridgewater | 2% | A | C | 26 min | $123,406 |
| Raynham Center | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Raynham Center: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bridgewater Town’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bridgewater Town: questions
What is the median household income in Bridgewater Town?
$112,651 (±$7,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridgewater Town?
4.8%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgewater Town?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgewater Town work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (14%, 25 mi), Brockton (8%, 8 mi), Taunton (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bridgewater Town walkable?
Bridgewater Town is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridgewater Town without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridgewater Town, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridgewater Town
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.