Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Har zuwa shekarun 1960, Bridgewater an san shi da yawa a matsayin al'umma mai noma. A cikin shekarun 1970 yawan jama'arta ya fara girma lokacin da mazauna manyan biranen kamar Plainfield da Newark suka fara yin ƙaura zuwa Bridgewater sakamakon rikicin Plainfield na 1967 da kuma rikice-rikicen Newark na 1967.
Ka yi haƙuri. Daga baya, Bridgewater ya fara karɓar kwararar mazauna da ke aiki a cikin magunguna masu ƙarfi, sadarwa, da masana'antun kuɗi a Bridgewater da Raritan Valley. Kwanan nan, akwai kuma ci gaba kamar yadda Bridgewater ya zama mafi mashahuri tare da New York City commuters wanda amfani da Bridgewater Station a kan New Jersey Transit ta Raritan Valley Line ko Interstate 78 Gabas zuwa commute zuwa New York City. Bridgewater yanzu ya kasance wani yanki ne na gari wanda ya bunkasa sosai, tare da 'yan kaɗan daga cikin yankunan karkara da suka gabata har yanzu a cikin garin (musamman a yankin arewa maso yamma). Bridgewater yanzu ita ce ta biyu mafi yawan jama'a a gundumar Somerset, bayan garin Franklin.