Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of East Bridgewater
East Bridgewater covers 17.2 square miles of land in Plymouth County, and about 14,440 people live on it, which works out to roughly 838 residents per square mile. It is a town of households rather than apartments: 83.2% of its homes are owner-occupied, households average 2.8 people, and a fifth of the population is under 18. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 14,440
- Households: 5,046
- Persons per household: 2.8
- Foreign-born: 3.0% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 15.4%
- Under 18: 21.0%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 91.7%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Black or African American: 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 3.5%
- Two or more races: 5.3%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 5.7%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $128,679
- Poverty rate: 4.1%
- Median home value: $474,000
- Median gross rent: $1,566
- Homeownership: 83.2% of units
- In the labor force: 73.4%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, East Bridgewater’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, and because they can vote in either party’s primary they are the bloc every candidate has to win.
- Total registered: 11,637
- Unenrolled (no party): 8,186 (70.34%)
- Democrats: 1,864 (16.02%)
- Republicans: 1,461 (12.55%)
Sources
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