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Bridgewater Town, Massachusetts.

A city in Plymouth County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Plymouth County’s.

Living in Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Bridgewater Town is a city of 28,633 people in Plymouth County. Half its households earn more than $112,651 a year and half less, against $114,201 across Plymouth County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 76% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Bridgewater Town was 4.5% in August 2026, and Plymouth County had 1.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 28,633 in the 2020 census; median age 37.6
Household income $112,651 the median, give or take $7,219 · Plymouth County: $114,201
Unemployment 4.5% Bridgewater Town, August 2026; 5.1% a year before
Homes 76% lived in by their owners; 24% rented
  • 9,100households
  • 40%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 13%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Building trades8%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Plymouth County had 197,448 jobs in 2025, 1.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 17°; warmest in July, 83° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 17° F M A M J J 83° 60° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 17°; warmest in July, 83° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 17° F M A M J J 83° 60° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 60°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bridgewater weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Bridgewater Town

  1. Bridgewater State UniversityUniversity or college1,516
  2. Bridgewater-Raynham SchoolsSchool district617FTE
  3. Bridgewater State HospitalPsychiatric and substance abuse hospitals516
  4. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage500
  5. Polar Elm StBeverages, soft drink, manufacturing203
  6. Roche Bros - BridgewaterSupermarket groc not convenience store197
  7. CallahanApartment building construction general contractors185
  8. Johnson JohnsonSurgical and appliance manufacturing121

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 24 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,609 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bridgewater Town’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 Plymouth County.