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Bridge City city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Bridge City city is a Census city of 9,640 people across 6.44 square miles of land, in Orange County. Median household income is $88,958, 76.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m.
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Bridge City
What Bridge City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.44 sq mi
- Water area0.71 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,498
- County holding the largest share of its areaOrange 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 Bridge City
- Population9,640
- Median age35.2
- Population under 182,712
- Share under 1828.1 percent
- Population 65 and over1,130 plus or minus 294
- Share 65 and over11.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Households3,458
- Family households2,701
- Share of households that are families78.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Bridge City
- Median household income$88,958 plus or minus $21,594
- Per capita income$40,239
- Civilian labor force4,643
- Employed4,507
- Unemployed136 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over6,074
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bridge City
- Housing units3,904
- Occupied units3,458
- Vacant units446 plus or minus 224
- Vacancy rate11.4 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Owner occupied2,645
- Renter occupied813 plus or minus 292
- Ownership rate76.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$202,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,431 plus or minus $376
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.3 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Single family units3,337
- Share single family85.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more362 plus or minus 211
- Share in buildings of two or more9.3 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes186 plus or minus 195
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bridge City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,192
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,040 plus or minus 361
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.8 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,312 plus or minus 368
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.3 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Drove alone92.8 percent
- Carpooled1.2 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.0 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home3.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Bridge City (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,545,900
- Average approval$309,180
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$615,000
- Largest approval$615,000
- Jobs supported30
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
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Flood risk in Bridge City
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 9
- NFIP community number480511
- Currently effective map date12/16/21
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Orange County, not Bridge City
Orange County context, not Bridge City figures
These are Orange County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bridge City measurements.
- Establishments in Orange County1,333
- Employment at those establishments, Orange County19,068
- Covered employment, Orange County24,358
- Average annual pay, Orange County$64,481
- Average weekly wage, Orange County$1,240
- Housing units permitted, Orange County244
- Of those, single family, Orange County169
- County product, 2024, Orange County$5,864,298,000
- County product change over the prior year, Orange County14.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Orange County$54,934
Every figure in this section is published for Orange County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bridge City. 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
Bridge City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bridge City, Texas?
9,640, in 3,458 households. Bridge City city covers 6.44 square miles of land, which is 1,498 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bridge City in?
Orange 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 Bridge City?
$88,958. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $202,800. Median gross rent is $1,431 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bridge City businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.5 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $250,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bridge City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bridge City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bridge City. only 1 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 Bridge City in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bridge City appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480511, carrying Community Rating System class 9, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. 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 Bridge City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Orange 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 Bridge City.
Is zoning published for Bridge City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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