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Merchantville borough, Camden County, NJ

3,800 Population
0.6 square miles 6,403.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Camden County: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$41,244 ±$9,317 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Camden County: $42,398 ±$649
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$72,375 ±$41,983 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Camden County: $82,005 ±$1,414
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

16% ±16.1% (609  ±612) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Camden County: 12.4% 64,050 (±0.6% / ±3,167)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

25.4 minutes ±3 (42,710  ±7,594) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Camden County: 28 6,166,590 (±0.4 / ±131,005)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

1,473 ±187 Number of households
  • Camden County: 198,757 ±1,045
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.6 ±0.3 (3,781  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Camden County: 2.6 515,946 (±0 / ±145)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

5.5% ±4.3% (49  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Camden County: 5.1% † 6,261 (±0.5% / ±643)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

1,617 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Camden County: 212,477 ±240
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$284,800 ±$43,867 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Camden County: $241,300 ±$2,373
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

9.3% ±5% (349  ±,188.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Camden County: 11% 56,834 (±0.7% / ±3,580)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

92.5% ±9.8% (2,327  ±,337.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Camden County: 89.3% 321,915 (±1.2% / ±4,358.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
31.4% ±6.2% (790  ±,175.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Camden County: 34.3% 123,519 (±0.7% / ±2,642.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±2.6% (202  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Camden County: 11.8% 61,711
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

3.8% ±1.8% (111  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Camden County: 5.4% 21,684 (±0.3% / ±1,179)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
111 Total veterans ±54 85 Male ±45 26 Female ±29

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