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SheetTX-BRIDGE-CITY-TX · Bridge City, TX 9,549 pop · income 80th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bridge City
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bridge City on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Eidson Road · lowest
39,388
Eidson Road · lowest
39,388 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #1
Montverde · near
103,250
Montverde · near
103,250 median HH income
79.5% of the leader · rank #2
Jim Falls · near
103,250
Jim Falls · near
103,250 median HH income
79.5% of the leader · rank #3
Bridge City · this city
103,256
Bridge City · this city
103,256 median HH income
79.5% of the leader · rank #4
Arroyo Grande · near
103,258
Arroyo Grande · near
103,258 median HH income
79.5% of the leader · rank #5
Methuen · near
103,270
Methuen · near
103,270 median HH income
79.5% of the leader · rank #6
Helotes · highest
129,884
Helotes · highest
129,884 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bridge City on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 9,549.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Bridge City - the verdict
Nationally, Bridge City sits in the 80th percentile for household income and the 78th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
80th
percentile, household income
42nd
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
78th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bridge City, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 9,549 residents in Bridge City, a small town within Texas. Households in Bridge City report a median income of $103,256 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.0%. Bridge City's housing stock carries a median value of $195,600, and the median resident age is 34.6 years. Educational attainment runs 28.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 67.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 16 residential building permits were authorized in Bridge City (Construction Slowdown), down 71% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Bridge City reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 680.1 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bridge City's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to schools and households to housing and income to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bridge City, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Bridge City growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +228 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 16 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Bridge City?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Woodway (9,483 residents, $115,729 income); Eidson Road (9,481 residents, $39,388 income); Jacinto City (9,458 residents, $57,703 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bladensburg, MD (9,552 residents); Fishersville, VA (9,546 residents); Litchfield Beach, SC (9,544 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What does the journey to work look like in Bridge City?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 95.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
What does the education layer cover for Bridge City?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 28.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Bridge City?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Household income
$103,256
Home value
$195,600
Value / income
1.9×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Bridge City?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 680.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 70% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
566.8
Violent rate
113.4
Total reported rate
680.1
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income B+
$103,256
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime B-
113 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C
6.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C
28.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bridge City profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 78/100 (B+) · $103,256
Violent crime: 67/100 (B-) · 113 /100k
Poverty rate: 59/100 (C) · 6.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 56/100 (C) · 28.7%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Where Bridge City sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Bridge City's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Bridge City highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Bridge City, TX (this city): home $195,600, crime 680/100k
Bladensburg, MD : home $330,400, crime 4,487/100k
Oakland, TN : home $297,300, crime 580/100k
Louisville, OH : home $192,700, crime 850/100k
Woodway, TX : home $336,100, crime 1,065/100k
Jacinto City, TX : home $121,100, crime 2,545/100k
Helotes, TX : home $382,400, crime 1,103/100k
Vidor, TX : home $111,600, crime 1,530/100k
Lago Vista, TX : home $380,200, crime 559/100k
How does Bridge City compare to other US cities?
Here's how Bridge City stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income80% higher than other cities
Home value42% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety78% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Texas alone, Bridge City ranks #145 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bridge City against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bridge City near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bridge City ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bridge City only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#234 of 1,520
85th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#572 of 1,505
62nd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,028 of 1,663
38th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#407 of 1,663
75th percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
80th percentile nationally for median household income · 78th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Bridge City's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Bridge City's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Bridge City's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$195,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 58% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Bridge City's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,283 of 15,516
More affordable than 92% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,238 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.9×, Bridge City sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,283 of 15,516 and #1,238 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$103,256Bridge City, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bridge City, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bridge City, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
9,549
Median Income
$103,256
Median Home Value
$195,600
Median Age
34.6
Poverty Rate
6.0%
Labor force participation
67.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
28.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
680.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
113.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
566.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Bridge City's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
9,417 residents
2021
9,396 residents
2022
9,454 residents
2023
9,519 residents
2024
9,657 residents
2025
9,645 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
16
housing units authorized
Single-Family
4
detached homes
Multifamily
12
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
55
47
8
$9.9M
2020
25
23
2
$3.8M
2021
40
40
0
$7.6M
2022
30
24
6
$5.2M
2023
92
26
66
$11.7M
2024
16
4
12
$1.8M
Permit volume decreased 71% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
95.1%
Carpool
1.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
1.5%
Other
0.8%
Based on 4,617 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bridge City. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bridge City is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bridge City sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bridge City compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.