Bridgewater, Vermont.
Typical home $464,783 (+3.0% in a year). Lebanon, NH-VT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — $88 (-3%) since Nov 2023.
- 1 year
- Up $13,553 +3%
- $451,230$464,783 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Bridgewater$2,440
- Vermont$2,057
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Bridgewater, VT rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bridgewater, Windsor County, Vermont
Bridgewater is a town of 903 people in Windsor County. Half its households earn more than $70,272 a year and half less, against $77,594 across Windsor County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 85% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Windsor County was 2.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Windsor County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bridgewater is a small Vermont town where nearly everyone owns the home they live in, and homes are valued well above what many would expect for a rural place. Household incomes sit below the county's, and a good share of residents live on tight budgets. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow, while July is pleasantly warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, restaurants and hotels, and shops. Across Windsor County, larger workplaces include the Veterans Health Administration, the Hartford School District and MT Ascutney Hospital and Health Cent. Many people drive some distance to their jobs, and a modest number work from home. Unemployment across the county is low and unchanged from a year ago, and a good many adults hold a four-year degree.
Things to do. The Ottauquechee River is a short drive away for time by the water, and Killington Ski Resort, also a short drive off, draws skiers in the colder months. Coolidge State Park is another protected area a short drive away, good for walking and quiet time outdoors. For a longer outing, Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park is a longer drive away.
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- 459households
- 40%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Windsor County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Windsor County had 23,203 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 7°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 57°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Woodstock weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Windsor County
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs1,001
- Hartford School DistrictSchool district321FTE
- Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health CentCritical access hospital317FTE
- VR NE HoldingsAlpine skiing facilities without accommodations308
- Precision Valley CommunicationsEngineering services282
- Springfield HospitalCritical access hospital244FTE
- Vermont Law and Graduate SchoolUniversity or college224
- Mountain Views Unified Union School District #76School district171FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 44 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,232 people in all across the county; Bridgewater has one of its own. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (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
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Windsor County, 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 Windsor County and the Lebanon, NH-VT metro.
Bridgewater home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bridgewater$464,783
- Vermont$391,900
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bridgewater6
Zip codes with a Bridgewater address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bridgewater — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Bridgewater
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05035 | Bridgewater Corners | 772 | — | $403,034 |
| 05034 | Bridgewater | 180 | — | $480,134 |