Bargaintown vs Linwood

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

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

Linwood has the higher population (6,954 vs 5,231 in Bargaintown). Linwood has the higher median household income ($135,904 vs $127,734 in Bargaintown). Linwood has the higher median home value ($351,100 vs $307,100 in Bargaintown).

Population, income & housing

	Bargaintown	Linwood
Population	5,231	6,954
Median age	48.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$127,734	$135,904
Median home value	$307,100	$351,100
Median gross rent	$2,320	$2,070
Housing units	2,075	2,859
Homeownership rate	94.7%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bargaintown	Linwood
Population	4,622 → 5,231 (+13.2%)	6,742 → 6,954 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$134,420 → $127,734 (-5.0%)	$109,013 → $135,904 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $307,100 (+18.0%)	$290,000 → $351,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,794 → $2,320 (+29.3%)	$1,583 → $2,070 (+30.8%)

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

Linwood

Population

6,7426,954

Median household income

$109,013$135,904

Median home value

$290,000$351,100

Median gross rent

$1,583$2,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bargaintown	Linwood
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	23.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.5%
75 and over	10.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bargaintown	Linwood
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	81.4%
Black or African American	16.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bargaintown	Linwood
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bargaintown	Linwood
Drove alone	74.2%	74.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.6%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bargaintown	Linwood
1-unit, detached	92.4%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bargaintown	Linwood
Poverty rate	5.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	2002	1968