Bridgeville is a very small town located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 2,752 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bridgeville is the 24th largest community in Delaware. Bridgeville has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Bridgeville, where the median household income is $61,523.00.Unlike some towns, Bridgeville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bridgeville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bridgeville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bridgeville who work in food service (11.54%), office and administrative support (11.17%), and management occupations (7.94%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.86% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bridgeville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bridgeville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bridgeville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bridgeville may be for you.The population of Bridgeville is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.51% of adults in Bridgeville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Bridgeville in 2022 was $42,044, which is upper middle income relative to Delaware and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,176 for a family of four. However, Bridgeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bridgeville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bridgeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bridgeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bridgeville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.05% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bridgeville include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Haitian. The most common language spoken in Bridgeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
