Best PlacesBridgewater Center, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bridgewater Center, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bridgewater Center ranks 14,701st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bridgewater Center
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bridgewater Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bridgewater Center ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute19.5 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Bridgewater Center ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bridgewater Center
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bridgewater Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,987, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bridgewater Center's effective rate of 1.03%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bridgewater Center
Bridgewater Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bridgewater Center.
Who works in Bridgewater Center, and how
Work in Bridgewater Center centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bridgewater Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bridgewater Center.
What the weather is like in Bridgewater Center, month by month
Bridgewater Center sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Bridgewater Center
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bridgewater Center
Schools across Bridgewater Center average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Central Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- North Central Junior/high SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bridgewater Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bridgewater Center measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bridgewater Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bridgewater Center
Is Bridgewater Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bridgewater Center ranks 14,701st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, short commutes, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bridgewater Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,900. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $76,987 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Bridgewater Center safe?
Yes, Bridgewater Center is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $203 per resident a year.
Compare Bridgewater Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bridgewater Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bridgewater Center represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bridgewater Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bridgewater Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bridgewater Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bridgewater Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bridgewater Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bridgewater Center detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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