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Bridgewater city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Bridgewater city is a Census city of 451 people across 1.13 square miles of land, in McCook County. Median household income is $47,083, 72.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Bridgewater
What Bridgewater is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.13 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land401
- County holding the largest share of its areaMcCook 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.
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How many people live in Bridgewater
- Population451
- Median age48.7 plus or minus 10.7
- Population under 1891 plus or minus 36
- Share under 1820.2 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Population 65 and over140 plus or minus 36
- Share 65 and over31.0 percent
- Households207
- Family households99 plus or minus 27
- Share of households that are families47.8 percent plus or minus 9.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Bridgewater
- Median household income$47,083 plus or minus $12,615
- Per capita income$30,034
- Civilian labor force226 plus or minus 49
- Employed218 plus or minus 48
- Unemployed8 plus or minus 10
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Adults 25 and over318
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bridgewater
- Housing units226
- Occupied units207
- Vacant units19 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate8.4 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Owner occupied149 plus or minus 36
- Renter occupied58 plus or minus 24
- Ownership rate72.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$116,100 plus or minus $38,459
- Median gross rent, monthly$729
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Single family units181 plus or minus 39
- Share single family80.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more43 plus or minus 23
- Share in buildings of two or more19.0 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Mobile homes2 plus or minus 4
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bridgewater gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute192 plus or minus 44
- Commuting under 15 minutes74 plus or minus 28
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.5 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more78 plus or minus 32
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.6 percent plus or minus 14.1
- Drove alone68.5 percent
- Carpooled20.2 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home9.9 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Bridgewater (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$284,000
- Average approval$284,000
- Median approval$284,000
- Largest approval$284,000
- Jobs supported1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
McCook County, not Bridgewater
McCook County context, not Bridgewater figures
These are McCook County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bridgewater measurements.
- Establishments in McCook County184
- Employment at those establishments, McCook County944
- Covered employment, McCook County1,338
- Average annual pay, McCook County$50,576
- Average weekly wage, McCook County$973
- Housing units permitted, McCook County21
- Of those, single family, McCook County21
- County product, 2024, McCook County$406,203,000
- County product change over the prior year, McCook County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, McCook County$59,860
Every figure in this section is published for McCook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bridgewater. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Bridgewater questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bridgewater, South Dakota?
451, in 207 households. Bridgewater city covers 1.13 square miles of land, which is 401 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bridgewater in?
McCook 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 Bridgewater?
$47,083. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $116,100. Median gross rent is $729 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Bridgewater figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for McCook 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 Bridgewater.
Is zoning published for Bridgewater?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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