Bridgewater Town, Massachusetts

Bridgewater Town population, 2020 to 2024

Bridgewater Town added 2,379 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.9%. In the latest year it moved by +216. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Bridgewater Town is 66% of it.

Bridgewater Town covers 27.24 square miles of land and 1.12 of water, for 1,071 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Bridgewater Town is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bridgewater Town is in

All of Bridgewater Town's residents live in Plymouth County, which had 542,090 residents in 2024. Bridgewater Town holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bridgewater Town

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bridgewater Town by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02324, 02325. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bridgewater Town is

The Census internal point of Bridgewater Town is at 41.972400, -70.978800. Boston, the capital, is 27.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Taunton, MA (61,936 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Brockton, MA, 8.0 miles away.

Daylight in Bridgewater Town

At 41.97° N, Bridgewater Town gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bridgewater Town

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Taunton, 7.6 miles away, with 61,936 people.