Bargaintown vs Mays Landing

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

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

Mays Landing has the higher population (6,178 vs 5,231 in Bargaintown). Bargaintown has the higher median household income ($127,734 vs $80,777 in Mays Landing). Bargaintown has the higher median home value ($307,100 vs $236,500 in Mays Landing).

Population, income & housing

	Bargaintown	Mays Landing
Population	5,231	6,178
Median age	48.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$127,734	$80,777
Median home value	$307,100	$236,500
Median gross rent	$2,320	$1,150
Housing units	2,075	2,518
Homeownership rate	94.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bargaintown	Mays Landing
Population	4,622 → 5,231 (+13.2%)	2,524 → 6,178 (+144.8%)
Median household income	$134,420 → $127,734 (-5.0%)	$65,577 → $80,777 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $307,100 (+18.0%)	$182,300 → $236,500 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,794 → $2,320 (+29.3%)	$1,463 → $1,150 (-21.4%)

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

Mays Landing

Population

2,5246,178

Median household income

$65,577$80,777

Median home value

$182,300$236,500

Median gross rent

$1,463$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bargaintown	Mays Landing
Under 5	6.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	23.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	14.5%
75 and over	10.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bargaintown	Mays Landing
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	54.6%
Black or African American	16.0%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bargaintown	Mays Landing
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	28.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bargaintown	Mays Landing
Drove alone	74.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bargaintown	Mays Landing
1-unit, detached	92.4%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bargaintown	Mays Landing
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	2002	1987