Bridgewater is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 28,633. The historic city center of Bridgewater is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 35 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island. The town of Bridgewater was formerly a census-designated place (CDP) until 2010, when Bridgewater was granted city status. Today, Bridgewater is one of 13 municipalities in Massachusetts that have applied for and have been granted a city government while claiming "the town of" in their official names.

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#70Safest in MA #121Best schools in MA #140Most affordable in MA All MA rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code02324, 02325

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Living in Bridgewater

Housing in Bridgewater

$639K▲ 3.4% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Bridgewater home is worth about $639,000, up 3.4% in a year, close to the Massachusetts typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market18

Sale-to-list104.3%

Sold in May16

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Safety in Bridgewater

Safety Grade A

Bridgewater reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000

Bridgewater 0.9

Massachusetts 3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Bridgewater 1.7

Massachusetts 10.4

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Bridgewater

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School Grade B

The public schools Bridgewater’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 56% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#121Best public schoolsof 282 in MA

DistrictBridgewater-RaynhamSchools6

Mitchell Elementary School B-Elementary · Grades PK–2 · 931 students Williams Intermediate School BElementary · Grades 3–5 · 863 students Bridgewater Middle School B-Middle · Grades 6–8 · 828 students Bridgewater-Raynham Regional A-High · Grades 9–12 · 1,487 students Therapeutic Day SchoolHigh · Grades 10–12 · 10 students HOPE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

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