PlainZIP

Bridgewater, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bridgewater, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 376. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BRIDGEWATER-IA · Bridgewater, IA 1 ZIPs · 376 pop · #16369/25278 · Adair County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $63,000
  • RANK-LOWER #16369/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greenfield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 96% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 376
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $116,700

Nearest income peer: Greenfield, IA (+ $1,821 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Bridgewater

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bridgewater on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Bridgewater, IA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

35th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
376
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$63,000
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $63,000 and poverty 9.4% concentrate in 50837.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Keosauqua is the closest lower-income city and Sutherland the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Bridgewater.

Population concentration

Bridgewater's single ZIP 50837 carries the town

Bridgewater is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50837 is the entire residential footprint (376 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Bridgewater's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 17 employees , annual payroll $457k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50837 (8 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Bridgewater, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Adair County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bridgewater. See the Adair County roll-up →

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Adair County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Bridgewater, Greenfield, Dexter and Adair among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Dexter marks the far end of that range at $92,083, 46% above Bridgewater.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50837 376 $63,000 8 3
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Bridgewater roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Bridgewater, .