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Merchantville borough, Camden County, NJ

3,815 Population
0.6 square miles 6,428.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Camden County: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$45,634 ±$9,596 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Camden County: $44,380 ±$706
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$91,607 ±$46,048 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Camden County: $86,384 ±$1,914
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

16.7% ±16.4% (637  ±627) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Camden County: 12.2% 62,934 (±0.6% / ±3,040)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

27 minutes ±3.1 (44,450  ±7,782) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Camden County: 28 6,106,215 (±0.4 / ±113,469)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,501 ±195 Number of households
  • Camden County: 200,569 ±957
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.5 ±0.3 (3,798  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Camden County: 2.6 517,426 (±0 / ±284)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

7.4% ±6.1% (62  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Camden County: 5.2% † 6,462 (±0.6% / ±730)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

1,634 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Camden County: 213,188 ±153
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$316,300 ±$32,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Camden County: $262,200 ±$3,072
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

7.6% ±4.4% (284  ±165.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Camden County: 10.4% 54,000 (±0.6% / ±3,044.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

88.9% ±9.2% (2,256  ±316.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Camden County: 89.8% 325,766 (±1.1% / ±4,084)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
37% ±6.6% (940  ±190.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Camden County: 35.3% 127,919 (±0.7% / ±2,564.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

5.2% ±2.7% (198  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Camden County: 12.2% 64,022
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.7% ±2% (108  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Camden County: 5% 20,169 (±0.3% / ±1,266)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
108 Total veterans ±57 80 Male ±46 28 Female ±31

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