City · Cumberland County, New Jersey

Bridgeton, New Jersey

Bridgeton is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, part of the Vineland, NJ metro area. It has 27,001 residents. Bridgeton, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 7 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,622 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Jersey it ranks #552 of 552 cities and towns. It ranks best on depression (low), grocery stores (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), physical inactivity (high) and food insecurity (high).

7Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,622 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Jersey: #552 of 552 in NJ
Population: 27,001 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 4,335.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3407600

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety22#12,119/15,637
Economy7#14,556/15,631
Housing25#11,281/14,977
Health15#13,333/15,609
Healthcare7#14,589/15,650
Environment83#2,579/15,453
Education4#15,058/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,699/15,650
Community17#13,001/15,651
Leisure & amenities31#10,868/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bridgeton, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Cumberland County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Depression · low15.1%
98/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Grocery stores · high2.4 /10k
87/100New Jersey 2.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCumberland County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.4 µg/m³
84/100New Jersey 7.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCumberland County value
Public transit commuters · high1.6%
80/100New Jersey 8.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Suicide rate · low10.5 /100k
80/100New Jersey 8.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCumberland County value
Firearm deaths · low7.9 /100k
76/100New Jersey 4.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCumberland County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high49.1%
1/100New Jersey 34.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCumberland County value
Physical inactivity · high44.3%
1/100New Jersey 23.8%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high43.1%
1/100New Jersey 15.0%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · high21.4%
2/100New Jersey 7.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · high36.6%
2/100New Jersey 15.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high26.0%
2/100New Jersey 9.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
24,540 (2015-2019) → 27,001 (2020-2024)
+10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.5% (2015-2019) → 87.7% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
66.0% (2015-2019) → 52.4% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,804 (2015-2019) → $55,781 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
38.5% (2015-2019) → 31.5% (2020-2024)
−7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateImproving
31.2% (2015-2019) → 27.2% (2020-2024)
−4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bridgeton, New Jersey improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Inequality−0.0770.496 → 0.419
Broadband+19 points68.5% → 87.7%
Rent burden−14 points66.0% → 52.4%
Household income+48%$37,804 → $55,781

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Bridgeton, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.8 min2015-2019	29.2 min2020-2024	+4.4 min	Within the margin of error	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Broadband subscriptions	68.5%2015-2019	87.7%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	89%
Child poverty rate	40.9%2015-2019	37.9%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Effective property tax rate	3.16%2015-2019	2.42%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	97%
High school diploma or higher	66.2%2015-2019	69.7%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4962015-2019	0.4192020-2024	−0.077	Improved	92%
Median household income	$37,8042015-2019	$55,7812020-2024	+48%	Improved	82%
Poverty rate	31.2%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent as share of income	38.5%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	−7 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	66.0%2015-2019	52.4%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	88%
Unemployment rate	6.9%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	23.4%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	21%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Bridgeton, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bridgeton, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bridgeton, New Jersey itself moved +13.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

27,001 residents (±31)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

7,481 households (±450)

Bridgeton, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k21%1,607
$25k–50k23%1,754
$50k–75k21%1,596

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

7,481 households (±450)

Bridgeton, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own36%2,722
Rent64%4,759

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

9,902 workers (±767)

Bridgeton, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone67%6,647
Carpool22%2,221
Public transit1.6%†156

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Vineland, NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Cumberland County, the county holding most of Bridgeton's residents.

Cumberland County has 2,826 employer establishments, 183 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248; 0.72× New Jersey's), with 47,846 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,449. The Census Bureau also counts 8,503 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,826; 8,503 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 183; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 47,846
Average annual pay: $53,449; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cumberland County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	257	16.6	0.80×Fewer than typical	4,016	$75,589	420
Restaurants and other eating places	207	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	3,125	$21,169	48
Specialty trade contractors	182	11.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	1,620	$88,564	480
Limited-service restaurants	101	6.5	0.82×About typical	1,476	$19,836	22
Religious organizations	94	6.1	1.10×About typical	417	$20,542	—
Offices of physicians	89	5.8	0.89×About typical	1,806	$98,917	37
Construction of buildings	85	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	339	$59,493	248
Lessors of real estate	84	5.4	0.44×Fewer than typical	407	$46,953	969
Full-service restaurants	83	5.4	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,418	$23,307	14
Automotive repair and maintenance	82	5.3	1.05×About typical	336	$43,542	142
Personal care services	77	5	1.04×About typical	419	$27,277	343
Services to buildings and dwellings	76	4.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	347	$39,646	579

Rank places for an industry Open Cumberland County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 154,497 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $140.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bridgeton, New Jersey: $5.21 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $140.8K; +115% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.21; US $1,994
Sole-source: 7.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$112.9K80%
Agricultural Marketing Service$16.7K12%
Department of Veterans Affairs$10.3K7.3%
Public Buildings Service$7920.6%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

276.5KFY2017
142.7KFY2018
52.4KFY2019
78.8KFY2020
13.4KFY2021
26.4KFY2022
63.6KFY2023
288.3KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other residential care facilities · 6239$107.6K76%
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114$16.7K12%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$10.3K7.3%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$5,3693.8%
Facilities support services · 5612$1,2590.9%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Bridgeton, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Bridgeton, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Cumberland County, NJ ($76M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bridgeton is mostly in Cumberland County.

See federal money in Cumberland County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bridgeton, New Jersey is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jefferson Van DrewR-NJ-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Cumberland County28100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Vineland, NJ15

Other cities and towns in Cumberland County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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