One downside of living in Bridgeview is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bridgeview, the average commute to work is 32.56 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of adults in Bridgeview who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.85% of the adults in Bridgeview have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bridgeview in 2022 was $29,245, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,980 for a family of four. However, Bridgeview contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bridgeview is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Bridgeview home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bridgeview residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bridgeview also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.93% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bridgeview include Polish, German, Irish, Palestinian, and Italian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bridgeview's cultural character, accounting for 23.75% of the village’s population.
The most common language spoken in Bridgeview is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
