Bridgewater Town, Massachusetts demographics

Bridgewater Town, MA demographics: median age 37.6; 39.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Bridgewater Town city, Massachusetts · Incorporated city · GEOID 2508130. The survey estimates a population of 28,471 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Bridgewater Town is 37.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.6 years. There are 9,100 households (±369). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	37.6 ±1.6	40.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,471
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Under 18	5,020 ±581	17.6% ±2.0 pp	19.4%	22.0%
18–34	8,354 ±739	29.3% ±2.6 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	10,161 ±805	35.7% ±2.8 pp	38.9%	38.0%
65 and older	4,936 ±543	17.3% ±1.9 pp	17.9%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,471
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Male	14,698 ±451	51.6% ±1.6 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	13,773 ±448	48.4% ±1.6 pp	51.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,471
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
White alone	22,542 ±874	79.2% ±3.1 pp	68.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,278 ±744	8.0% ±2.6 pp	6.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	92 ±91 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.9%
Asian alone	893 ±417	3.1% ±1.5 pp	7.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,003 ±574 · low precision	3.5% ±2.0 pp · low precision	5.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	1,663 ±443	5.8% ±1.6 pp	11.1%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,471
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,971 ±515	94.7% ±1.8 pp	86.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,500 ±512	5.3% ±1.8 pp	13.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,100
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,239 ±324	57.6% ±2.7 pp	45.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	391 ±208 · low precision	4.3% ±2.3 pp · low precision	4.7%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,226 ±301	13.5% ±3.3 pp	11.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,605 ±356	17.6% ±3.8 pp	28.8%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	639 ±185	7.0% ±2.0 pp	8.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,100
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Households with people under 18	2,785 ±274	30.6% ±2.7 pp	27.9%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	6,315 ±476	69.4% ±4.4 pp	72.1%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,100
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,605 ±356	17.6% ±3.8 pp	28.8%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,793 ±489	41.7% ±5.1 pp	33.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,450 ±316	15.9% ±3.4 pp	16.5%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,245 ±225	13.7% ±2.4 pp	13.5%	12.6%
Five-person households	633 ±168	7.0% ±1.8 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	360 ±138	4.0% ±1.5 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	14 ±45 · low precision	0.2% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,471
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Native	25,711 ±724	90.3% ±2.5 pp	82.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	2,760 ±725	9.7% ±2.5 pp	18.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 27,221
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
English only	23,867 ±750	87.7% ±2.6 pp	74.9%	77.7%
Spanish	965 ±485 · low precision	3.5% ±1.8 pp · low precision	9.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	280 ±206 · low precision	1.0% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.9%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	32 ±30 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	84 ±105 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,084 ±427	4.0% ±1.6 pp	6.1%	2.0%
Korean	15 ±22 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	10 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	2.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	3 ±5 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	216 ±188 · low precision	0.8% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.3%	1.1%
Arabic	104 ±114 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	561 ±521 · low precision	2.1% ±1.9 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 18,458
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,265 ±302	6.9% ±1.6 pp	8.6%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	5,531 ±556	30.0% ±2.9 pp	22.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,784 ±419	15.1% ±2.2 pp	14.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,578 ±357	8.5% ±1.9 pp	7.5%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,556 ±533	24.7% ±2.8 pp	25.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2,744 ±437	14.9% ±2.3 pp	21.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 28,347
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Same house	25,428 ±680	89.7% ±2.4 pp	88.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	938 ±445	3.3% ±1.6 pp	5.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,629 ±395	5.7% ±1.4 pp	3.0%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	316 ±155	1.1% ±0.5 pp	2.2%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	36 ±36 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

2.6% of Bridgewater Town residents (±1.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 2.6% in Massachusetts and 8.4% nationally. 95.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Bridgewater Town	Massachusetts	U.S.	Compared with Massachusetts
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	2.6% ±1.1 pp	2.6%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	95.0% ±5.4 pp	92.8%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.3% ±1.5 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

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