† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBridgewaterVirginiaUnited States
German21.3%10.1%12.5%
English12.3%12.0%9.5%
American7.7%8.4%5.3%
Irish6.8%9.1%9.4%
Italian2.7%3.9%4.8%
Scotch-Irish2.2%——
Scottish1.9%1.9%1.3%
French1.2%1.3%1.6%
Mexican3.1%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%1.4%1.8%
Honduran0.6%0.7%0.3%
Salvadoran0.6%2.1%0.7%
Dominican0.5%—0.7%
Spaniard0.4%——
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.7%0.5%
African American†3.7%15.6%9.9%
African0.6%0.9%0.5%
Filipino0.2%0.9%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.7%0.6%
Pakistani0.2%0.5%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bridgewater
Virginia
United States
Median age
31.4
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
25.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.9%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bridgewater
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$75,280
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.3%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
46.7%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bridgewater
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.1%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.4%
7.9%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
3.1%
0.4%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.3%
2.6%
2.0%
Arabic
2.3%
0.8%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bridgewater
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bridgewater, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−37.1%
2008
−21.7%
2012
−27.8%
2016
−23.3%
2020
−17.3%
2024
−12.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
42.4%Harris1,459
55.2%Trump1,900
2.4%
R+12.8
D+4.4
R+11.3
3,441
R
40.3%Biden1,224
57.6%Trump1,748
2.1%
R+17.3
D+6.1
R+21.7
3,036
R
35.0%Clinton904
58.3%Trump1,507
6.7%
R+23.3
D+4.5
R+25.4
2,585
R
35.2%Obama892
63.0%Romney1,596
1.8%
R+27.8
R+6.1
R+31.6
2,533
R
38.4%Obama987
60.1%McCain1,544
1.4%
R+21.7
D+15.4
R+29.0
2,568
R
31.3%Kerry682
68.4%Bush1,489
0.3%
R+37.1
—
R+34.6
2,178
Home to Bridgewater College, this small Rockingham County town sits in a region where Republican candidates have routinely captured 70-plus percent of the presidential vote, making it a reliable data point in Virginia's rural-urban divide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 37.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.8 points.
A population of 6,708, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,280 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cumberland and Palmer.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Bridgewater, Virginia voted Republican by 12.8 points (R+12.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,441 votes cast, 1,459 went Democratic and 1,900 went Republican.
How many people live in Bridgewater, Virginia?
Bridgewater, Virginia has a population of 6,708 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bridgewater, Virginia?
Median household income in Bridgewater, Virginia is $75,280 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Bridgewater, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bridgewater, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
