Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 49/100
D+
Median home value$533,100
Boston $646,300
Median rent$2,092/mo
Boston $2,023/mo
Cost-burdened households32%
Boston 36%
Bridgewater Town
Plymouth County28,471 residentsBridgewater-Raynham
50
D+
Suburbgrade score
47th of 60 Boston suburbs. Strongest on cost of living, held back by commute & transport.
50
Boston median 61
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Bridgewater Town yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 50 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Bridgewater Town is like to live in, by category
Bars show Bridgewater Town against Boston. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 56/100
C−
Within-state proficiency50th pct
Boston median 47th pct
Student–teacher ratio17.6
Boston median 11.8
Graduation rate95%
Boston median 91%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 69/100
B−
Housing cost index98
Boston 100
Eff. tax rate1.11%
Boston 1.01%
Local sales tax6.25%
Boston median 6.25%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 34/100
F
Mean commute31.4 min
Boston 30.3 min
Under 30 minutes48%
Boston 52%
Transit stops / sq mi0.1
Boston median 8.1 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 37/100
F
Restaurants & cafés8
Boston median 51 · within 2 miles
Groceries1
Boston median 4 · within 2 miles
Parks27
Boston median 65 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 52/100
D+
Median household income$112,651
Boston $115,863
Unemployment4.7%
Boston 4.9%
Professional occupations47%
Boston 54%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Bridgewater Town yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Bridgewater Town on commute & transport
Bridgewater Town's weakest grade is F. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbCommuteOverall
Milton19 mi from Bridgewater TownC− 64 C+ Dedham22 mi from Bridgewater TownD+ 63 C+ Norwood19 mi from Bridgewater TownD 61 C Braintree Town16 mi from Bridgewater TownD 63 C+ Brockton8 mi from Bridgewater TownD− 43 D Franklin Town23 mi from Bridgewater TownD− 62 C Mean commute: ACS 2020–24 · Commuting under 30 minutes: ACS 2020–24
Common questions about living in Bridgewater Town
Is Bridgewater Town, MA a good place to live?
Bridgewater Town scores 50 out of 100, 47th of 60 Boston suburbs. It is strongest on cost of living and weakest on commute & transport. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Bridgewater Town expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades B−. The median home is $533,100, 18% below the Boston median, and the effective property tax rate is 1.11%. $2,092/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Bridgewater Town?
Schools grade C−. The districts serving Bridgewater Town sit at the 50th pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 95% graduation rate and a 17.6 student–teacher ratio. Bridgewater Town is served by Bridgewater-Raynham. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Bridgewater Town?
The mean commute is 31.4 min, with 48% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 13% working from home. Transit density is 0.1 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Bridgewater Town?
Within two miles there are 1 groceries, 8 restaurants and cafés and 27 parks, which grades F on amenities.
Are the homes in Bridgewater Town old or new?
The median home in Bridgewater Town was built in 1984 — newer than the Boston median of 1964. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 71% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.