Bridgman, Michigan.
Typical home $320,457 (+6.2% in a year). Niles, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$889 (+112%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $18,747 +6%
- $301,710$320,457 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,911 +20%
- $267,546$320,457 since Sep 2021
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.
- Bridgman$1,682
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Bridgman, MI rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bridgman, Berrien County, Michigan
Bridgman is a city of 2,096 people in Berrien County. Half its households earn more than $66,603 a year and half less, against $65,425 across Berrien County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Berrien County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Bridgman is a small city in Berrien County, Michigan, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run a little above the county's, though a noticeable share of residents live below the poverty line, and typical home values are on the higher side. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings warm summer days and rain and melted snow fall through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and other services also employing many. Among the largest workplaces in Bridgman are Bridgman Public Schools, West Woods of Bridgman and Industrial Fabrication. A four-year degree is held by a fair number of adults, commutes are fairly short, and unemployment across the county is a little lower than a year ago.
Things to do. Warren Dunes State Park, a protected area, lies in or beside town, which puts the lakeshore close at hand. Grand Mere State Park and Warren Woods State Park are both protected areas a short drive away, and Singer Lake, a small lake, is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, Notre Dame Stadium is a longer drive away.
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- 884households
- 36%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berrien County had 60,632 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 62°. About 78 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Benton Harbor Airport weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bridgman
- Bridgman Public SchoolsSchool district132FTE
- West Woods of BridgmanNursing homes85
- Industrial FabricationAngle irons, metal, manufacturing35
- American Electric Power26
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 146 people in all. School districts come 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
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of BridgmanRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bridgman’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Berrien County and the Niles, MI metro.
Bridgman home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bridgman$320,457
- Michigan$263,760
- 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.
- Bridgman10
Zip codes with a Bridgman address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bridgman — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.