Bargaintown vs Buena

A side-by-side comparison of Bargaintown and Buena: population, income, housing, and more.

Bargaintown and Buena are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bargaintown has the higher population (5,231 vs 4,500 in Buena). Bargaintown has the higher median household income ($127,734 vs $78,393 in Buena). Bargaintown has the higher median home value ($307,100 vs $249,100 in Buena).

Population, income & housing

	Bargaintown	Buena
Population	5,231	4,500
Median age	48.2 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,734	$78,393
Median home value	$307,100	$249,100
Median gross rent	$2,320	$1,138
Housing units	2,075	1,757
Homeownership rate	94.7%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bargaintown	Buena
Population	4,622 → 5,231 (+13.2%)	4,356 → 4,500 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$134,420 → $127,734 (-5.0%)	$53,275 → $78,393 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $307,100 (+18.0%)	$182,500 → $249,100 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,794 → $2,320 (+29.3%)	$899 → $1,138 (+26.6%)

Bargaintown

Population

4,6225,231

Median household income

$134,420$127,734

Median home value

$260,300$307,100

Median gross rent

$1,794$2,320

Buena

Population

4,3564,500

Median household income

$53,275$78,393

Median home value

$182,500$249,100

Median gross rent

$899$1,138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bargaintown	Buena
Under 5	6.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	9.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	16.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	23.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.7%
75 and over	10.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bargaintown	Buena
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	56.8%
Black or African American	16.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	30.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bargaintown	Buena
No high school diploma	4.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bargaintown	Buena
Drove alone	74.2%	86.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	20.6%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bargaintown	Buena
1-unit, detached	92.4%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bargaintown	Buena
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	2002	1964