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. Much of the housing stock in Bridgeville was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Bridgeville economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Bridgeville, where the median household income is $61,523.00.Bridgeville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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%). A relatively large number of people in Bridgeville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.86% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 education level of Bridgeville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 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.
