Bridgewater CenterNJ
A town of 6,505. A regional job hub with 14,735 jobs.
Is Bridgewater Center a good place to live?
Bridgewater Center’s median rent is $2,662 a month, where New Jersey’s towns sit at $1,778 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. We don’t grade Bridgewater Center yet; the figures below are still real.
What makes Bridgewater Center stand out
Where Bridgewater Center beats most towns.
Every workday, about 14,620 people come to Bridgewater Center for work
Where Bridgewater Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Square Garden and 474 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bridgewater Center. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw38 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw37 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw38 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi BeachConey IslandPhoto credits
Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
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Moving to Bridgewater Center: who provides what
Bridgewater Center is unincorporated, so Somerset County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bridgewater Center.
A job hub: Bridgewater Center has 4.6 jobs for every working resident and draws in 14,620 commuters
Most working residents leave Bridgewater Center for work: only 4% work in town. Bridgewater Center’s median household income is $206,000, above both New Jersey’s towns ($113,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). 25% of Bridgewater Center workers work from home.
| Bridgewater Center | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $206,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 25% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bridgewater Center has four seasons and pleasant summers
Bridgewater Center has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 22° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bridgewater Center has set aside 11.9% of its land for conservation
4.9 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Bridgewater Center is 0.8 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
How healthy Bridgewater Center is
Bridgewater Center beats the New Jersey average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of adults report frequent mental distress in Bridgewater Center.
| Bridgewater Center | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 28% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bridgewater Center | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.5% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Bridgewater Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 48 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bridgewater Center.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bridgewater Center
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Bridgewater Center
About 5 of every 100 Bridgewater Center residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Bridgewater Center’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Bridgewater Center.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bridgewater Township | #144 | A− | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Bedminster Township | #76 | A | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Branchburg Township | #138 | A− | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Green Knoll | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Finderne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Somerville | #243 | B | D | — | C+ | A |
| Bradley Gardens | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bridgewater Township, Branchburg Township and Somerville report no FBI crime data of their own. Bridgewater Center, Green Knoll, Finderne and Bradley Gardens aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bridgewater Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Bridgewater Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bridgewater Center, NJ a good place to live?
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