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Bridgman city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Bridgman city is a Census city of 2,077 people across 2.89 square miles of land, in Berrien County. Median household income is $66,603, 70.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.2 m.
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Bridgman
What Bridgman is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.89 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land718
- County holding the largest share of its areaBerrien County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgman
How many people live in Bridgman
- Population2,077
- Median age45.5 plus or minus 10.1
- Population under 18403 plus or minus 112
- Share under 1819.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over619 plus or minus 130
- Share 65 and over29.8 percent
- Households884
- Family households507
- Share of households that are families57.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgman
Income and work in Bridgman
- Median household income$66,603
- Per capita income$43,185 plus or minus $8,850
- Civilian labor force932
- Employed910 plus or minus 185
- Unemployed22 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate2.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over1,548
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.4 percent plus or minus 23.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgman
Housing in Bridgman
- Housing units1,193
- Occupied units884
- Vacant units309 plus or minus 107
- Vacancy rate25.9 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Owner occupied621
- Renter occupied263 plus or minus 78
- Ownership rate70.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$238,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,008
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units932
- Share single family78.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more250 plus or minus 87
- Share in buildings of two or more21.0 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 18
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgman
How Bridgman gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute838 plus or minus 177
- Commuting under 15 minutes385 plus or minus 120
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.9 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more153 plus or minus 66
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.3 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Drove alone73.0 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked3.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home6.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bridgman
SBA 7(a) lending to Bridgman borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,168,400
- Average approval$233,680
- Median approval$182,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$328,000
- Largest approval$328,000
- Jobs supported90
- Jobs per approval18.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bridgman
SBA 504 lending to Bridgman borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,815,000
- Average approval$1,815,000
- Median approval$1,815,000
- Largest approval$1,815,000
- Jobs supported48
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bridgman
Flood programme status in Bridgman
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260033
- Currently effective map date04/25/24
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Berrien County, not Bridgman
Berrien County context, not Bridgman figures
These are Berrien County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bridgman measurements.
- Establishments in Berrien County3,561
- Employment at those establishments, Berrien County52,794
- Covered employment, Berrien County60,626
- Average annual pay, Berrien County$57,009
- Average weekly wage, Berrien County$1,096
- Housing units permitted, Berrien County354
- Of those, single family, Berrien County339
- County product, 2024, Berrien County$9,718,372,000
- County product change over the prior year, Berrien County2.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Berrien County$91,777
Every figure in this section is published for Berrien County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bridgman. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bridgman questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bridgman, Michigan?
2,077, in 884 households. Bridgman city covers 2.89 square miles of land, which is 718 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bridgman in?
Berrien County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bridgman?
$66,603. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $238,400. Median gross rent is $1,008 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bridgman businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.2 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $182,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bridgman, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bridgman borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bridgman. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Bridgman in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bridgman appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260033, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Bridgman figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Berrien County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bridgman.
Is zoning published for Bridgman?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.