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Bridgewater town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Bridgewater town is a Census town of 6,708 people across 2.52 square miles of land, in Rockingham County. Median household income is $75,280, 60.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $775,000.
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Bridgewater
What Bridgewater is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.52 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,661
- County holding the largest share of its areaRockingham 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
- Population6,708
- Median age31.4
- Population under 181,275 plus or minus 318
- Share under 1819.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over1,329 plus or minus 280
- Share 65 and over19.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Households2,179
- Family households1,318
- Share of households that are families60.5 percent
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$75,280 plus or minus $19,521
- Per capita income$32,709
- Civilian labor force3,310
- Employed3,196
- Unemployed114 plus or minus 89
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over3,700
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher46.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.2 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bridgewater
- Housing units2,283
- Occupied units2,179
- Vacant units104 plus or minus 115
- Vacancy rate4.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Owner occupied1,315
- Renter occupied864 plus or minus 225
- Ownership rate60.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$384,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,216
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.4 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units1,636
- Share single family71.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more647 plus or minus 230
- Share in buildings of two or more28.3 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1986
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 commute2,652
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,192 plus or minus 272
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.9 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more204 plus or minus 125
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more7.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Drove alone63.7 percent
- Carpooled10.1 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked13.8 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Worked from home10.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Bridgewater (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$775,000
- Average approval$258,333
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported10
- Jobs per approval3.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
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SBA loans in Bridgewater (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$448,000
- Average approval$448,000
- Median approval$448,000
- Largest approval$448,000
- Jobs supported16
- 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.
Rockingham County, not Bridgewater
Rockingham County context, not Bridgewater figures
These are Rockingham 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 Rockingham County1,648
- Employment at those establishments, Rockingham County29,517
- Covered employment, Rockingham County35,104
- Average annual pay, Rockingham County$57,264
- Average weekly wage, Rockingham County$1,101
- Housing units permitted, Rockingham County683
- Of those, single family, Rockingham County613
- Average income of an arriving household, Rockingham County$64,084
Every figure in this section is published for Rockingham 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 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, Virginia?
6,708, in 2,179 households. Bridgewater town covers 2.52 square miles of land, which is 2,661 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?
Rockingham 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?
$75,280. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $384,700. Median gross rent is $1,216 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bridgewater businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $775,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $448,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bridgewater, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bridgewater borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bridgewater. 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.
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 Rockingham 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.