Bargaintown vs Egg Harbor City

A side-by-side comparison of Bargaintown and Egg Harbor City: population, income, housing, and more.

Bargaintown and Egg Harbor City 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 4,378 in Egg Harbor City). Bargaintown has the higher median household income ($127,734 vs $67,604 in Egg Harbor City). Bargaintown has the higher median home value ($307,100 vs $182,100 in Egg Harbor City).

Population, income & housing

	Bargaintown	Egg Harbor City
Population	5,231	4,378
Median age	48.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$127,734	$67,604
Median home value	$307,100	$182,100
Median gross rent	$2,320	$1,208
Housing units	2,075	1,890
Homeownership rate	94.7%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bargaintown	Egg Harbor City
Population	4,622 → 5,231 (+13.2%)	4,100 → 4,378 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$134,420 → $127,734 (-5.0%)	$42,279 → $67,604 (+59.9%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $307,100 (+18.0%)	$138,300 → $182,100 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,794 → $2,320 (+29.3%)	$965 → $1,208 (+25.2%)

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

Egg Harbor City

Population

4,1004,378

Median household income

$42,279$67,604

Median home value

$138,300$182,100

Median gross rent

$965$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bargaintown	Egg Harbor City
Under 5	6.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	9.8%	22.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	23.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	14.9%
75 and over	10.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bargaintown	Egg Harbor City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	43.2%
Black or African American	16.0%	35.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bargaintown	Egg Harbor City
No high school diploma	4.5%	14.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bargaintown	Egg Harbor City
Drove alone	74.2%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	20.6%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bargaintown	Egg Harbor City
1-unit, detached	92.4%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bargaintown	Egg Harbor City
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	2002	1955