Bridge City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 9,574 people and three associated neighborhoods, Bridge City is the 259th largest community in Texas.
Because of many things, Bridge City is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bridge City really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bridge City perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Being a small city, Bridge City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Bridge City is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.35% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Bridge City in 2022 was $40,633, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,532 for a family of four. However, Bridge City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bridge City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bridge City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bridge City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Bridge City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.99% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bridge City include French, German, Irish, English, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Bridge City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.