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Bridgetown, Mississippi.

A community in DeSoto County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see DeSoto County’s.

Living in Bridgetown, DeSoto County, Mississippi

Bridgetown, in DeSoto County, had 2,281 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $139,224 a year and half less, against $85,297 across DeSoto County; 1% of its people live below the poverty line. 95% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 5% are rented. Unemployment in DeSoto County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 2,281 in the 2020 census; median age 35.2
Household income $139,224 the median, give or take $24,251 · DeSoto County: $85,297
Unemployment 3.2% DeSoto County, August 2026; 3.8% a year before
Homes 95% lived in by their owners; 5% rented
  • 978households
  • 1%below the poverty line
  • 17%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment16%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities9%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Professional and business services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. DeSoto County had 73,213 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 50° and 31°; warmest in August, 92° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 50° 31° F M A M J J A 92° 70° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 50° and 31°; warmest in August, 92° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 50° 31° F M A M J J A 92° 70° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 50° and lows near 31°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 70°. About 2 inches of snow and 59 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Olive Branch weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in DeSoto County

  1. Desoto CO School DistSchool district4,483FTE
  2. Milwaukee ToolDrills, handheld power-driven, manufacturing2,278
  3. FedExCourier and express delivery services2,253
  4. Baptist MEM Hospital DesotoGeneral hospital1,457FTE
  5. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,225
  6. Hyve SolutionsComputer servers manufacturing1,043
  7. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage956
  8. WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage771

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 180 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 30,802 people in all across the county; Bridgetown has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesRelatively high
  2. Heat wavesRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bridgetown’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on DeSoto County.