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Blackwood, NJ

4,443 Population
1.2 square miles 3,643.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,640 ±$8,002 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,461 ±$254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,061 ±$22,506 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $91,289 ±$666
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.4% ±3.2% (502  ±153) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 705,061 (±0.3% / ±15,926)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±2.7 (55,850  ±11,557) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 28.7 71,567,030 (±0.1 / ±429,115)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,702 ±197 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,467,761 ±4,031
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (4,441  ±590) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,110,451
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±4.5% (31  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 71,489 (±0.2% / ±2,648)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,888 ±209 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,624,257 ±600
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$235,500 ±$11,539 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $351,900 ±$1,315
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±3.7% (305  ±169.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,003 (±0.2% / ±11,351.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±17.4% (2,880  ±370.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,039,902 (±0.4% / ±16,566.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.8% ±4.9% (676  ±178.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.2% 1,847,450 (±0.2% / ±10,342.3)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.8% ±4.4% (436  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 742,429
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±2% (194  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 241,342 (±0.1% / ±3,707)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
194 Total veterans ±76 182 Male ±71 12 Female ±20

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