Bridgewater is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 36,359 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Bridgewater is the 44th largest community in New Jersey.

Bridgewater is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.21% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bridgewater is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bridgewater who work in management occupations (16.68%), office and administrative support jobs (14.26%), and sales jobs (11.75%).

Also of interest is that Bridgewater has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Bridgewater is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Bridgewater is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Bridgewater a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Bridgewater has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Bridgewater's overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Bridgewater is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

Bridgewater Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bridgewater, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bridgewater is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 49.63% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bridgewater in 2000 was $38,707, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,828 for a family of four. However, Bridgewater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bridgewater is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bridgewater home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bridgewater is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bridgewater include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, English, and Russian.

Bridgewater also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.96%.

The most common language spoken in Bridgewater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.