Brigantine vs Linwood

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

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

Brigantine has the higher population (7,702 vs 6,954 in Linwood). Linwood has the higher median household income ($135,904 vs $88,906 in Brigantine). Brigantine has the higher median home value ($485,000 vs $351,100 in Linwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brigantine	Linwood
Population	7,702	6,954
Median age	59.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,906	$135,904
Median home value	$485,000	$351,100
Median gross rent	$1,499	$2,070
Housing units	9,340	2,859
Homeownership rate	74.8%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brigantine	Linwood
Population	8,832 → 7,702 (-12.8%)	6,742 → 6,954 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$72,372 → $88,906 (+22.8%)	$109,013 → $135,904 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$354,200 → $485,000 (+36.9%)	$290,000 → $351,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,344 → $1,499 (+11.5%)	$1,583 → $2,070 (+30.8%)

Brigantine

Population

8,8327,702

Median household income

$72,372$88,906

Median home value

$354,200$485,000

Median gross rent

$1,344$1,499

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)

	Brigantine	Linwood
Under 5	2.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	6.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	25.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	20.2%	12.5%
75 and over	13.6%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brigantine	Linwood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	81.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brigantine	Linwood
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	23.3%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brigantine	Linwood
Drove alone	70.1%	74.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.2%
Public transit	3.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.3%	14.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brigantine	Linwood
1-unit, detached	50.6%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	1.0%
20 or more units	10.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brigantine	Linwood
Poverty rate	9.4%	2.9%
Average household size	1.95	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1980	1968