Bridgewater, Pennsylvania

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Bridgewater is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 739 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Bridgewater is located at 40°42′14″N, 80°17′48″W (40.703827, -80.296715)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²). 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (10.39%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 739 people, 335 households, and 210 families residing in the borough. The population density was 413.5/km² (1,068.5/mi²). There were 361 housing units at an average density of 202.0/km² (522.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 89.04% White, 8.80% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.27% from other races, and 1.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population.

There were 335 households out of which 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.5% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.71.

In the borough the population was spread out with 19.6% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $38,750, and the median income for a family was $42,500. Males had a median income of $31,023 versus $24,286 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $19,695. About 8.8% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.4% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

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	v • d • e Municipalities and Communities of Beaver County, Pennsylvania County Seat: Beaver
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Boroughs	Ambridge \| Baden \| Beaver \| Big Beaver \| Bridgewater \| Conway \| Darlington \| East Rochester \| Eastvale \| Economy \| Ellwood City \| Fallston \| Frankfort Springs \| Freedom \| Georgetown \| Glasgow \| Homewood \| Hookstown \| Industry \| Koppel \| Midland \| Monaca \| New Brighton \| New Galilee \| Ohioville \| Patterson Heights \| Rochester \| Shippingport \| South Heights \| West Mayfield
Townships	Brighton \| Center \| Chippewa \| Darlington \| Daugherty \| Franklin \| Greene \| Hanover \| Harmony \| Hopewell \| Independence \| Marion \| New Sewickley \| North Sewickley \| Patterson \| Potter \| Pulaski \| Raccoon \| Rochester \| South Beaver \| Vanport \| White