Moving to Bridgeton, North Carolina
Population: 328. Estimated population in July 2024: 307 (-6.4% change)
Males: 159 (48.5%), Females: 169 (51.5%)
Craven County
Zip code: 28519
Demographics
Median resident age: 43.5 years
Median household income: $30,375
Median house value: $75,000
Population by Race
Races in Bridgeton:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.7%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- Black (1.5%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (34.1%), Irish (25.3%), United States (9.1%), German (6.4%), Scotch-Irish (6.1%), Italian (4.6%).
Elevation: 6 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Bridgeton
- High school or higher: 76.8%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 14.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.2%
- Unemployed: 8.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.1 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Bridgeton town
- Never married: 21.7%
- Now married: 45.5%
- Separated: 8.0%
- Widowed: 8.4%
- Divorced: 16.4%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -178 (-35.2%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Bridgeton:
- CRAVEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 1 miles; NEW BERN, NC)
- BEAUFORT COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; WASHINGTON, NC)
- CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 33 miles; MOREHEAD CITY, NC)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bridgeton:
- CRAVEN COUNTY REGIONAL (about 4 miles; NEW BERN, NC; Abbreviation: EWN)
- CHERRY POINT MCAS /CUNNINGHAM FIELD/ (about 19 miles; CHERRY POINT, NC; Abbreviation: NKT)
- KINSTON RGNL JETPORT AT STALLINGS FLD (about 43 miles; KINSTON, NC; Abbreviation: ISO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bridgeton:
- WARREN FIELD (about 31 miles; WASHINGTON, NC; Abbreviation: OCW)
- MICHAEL J. SMITH FIELD (about 38 miles; BEAUFORT, NC; Abbreviation: MRH)
- PITT-GREENVILLE (about 44 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; Abbreviation: PGV)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bridgeton:
- COASTAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,237)
- EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 16,633)
- PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,072)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON (about 87 miles; WILMINGTON, NC; Full-time enrollment: 8,996)
- CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 89 miles; WILMINGTON, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,550)
- SHAW UNIVERSITY (about 121 miles; RALEIGH, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,299)
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 121 miles; RALEIGH, NC; Full-time enrollment: 23,918)