Another notable thing is that Bridgton is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bridgton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bridgton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Bridgton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bridgton, the average commute to work is 33.07 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Bridgton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Bridgton citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.80% of adults in Bridgton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bridgton in 2022 was $40,796, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,184 for a family of four. However, Bridgton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bridgton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bridgton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bridgton include Irish, English, French, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Bridgton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
