Bargaintown vs Margate City

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

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

Margate City has the higher population (5,260 vs 5,231 in Bargaintown). Bargaintown has the higher median household income ($127,734 vs $114,417 in Margate City). Margate City has the higher median home value ($645,200 vs $307,100 in Bargaintown).

Population, income & housing

	Bargaintown	Margate City
Population	5,231	5,260
Median age	48.2 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$127,734	$114,417
Median home value	$307,100	$645,200
Median gross rent	$2,320	$1,368
Housing units	2,075	6,940
Homeownership rate	94.7%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	60.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bargaintown	Margate City
Population	4,622 → 5,231 (+13.2%)	5,997 → 5,260 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$134,420 → $127,734 (-5.0%)	$83,045 → $114,417 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $307,100 (+18.0%)	$483,700 → $645,200 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,794 → $2,320 (+29.3%)	$1,315 → $1,368 (+4.0%)

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

Margate City

Population

5,9975,260

Median household income

$83,045$114,417

Median home value

$483,700$645,200

Median gross rent

$1,315$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bargaintown	Margate City
Under 5	6.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	9.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	3.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	23.0%	18.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	20.2%
75 and over	10.3%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bargaintown	Margate City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	94.4%
Black or African American	16.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bargaintown	Margate City
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bargaintown	Margate City
Drove alone	74.2%	63.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	20.6%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bargaintown	Margate City
1-unit, detached	92.4%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bargaintown	Margate City
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	2002	1967