Brigantine vs Northfield

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

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

Northfield has the higher population (8,427 vs 7,702 in Brigantine). Northfield has the higher median household income ($104,042 vs $88,906 in Brigantine). Brigantine has the higher median home value ($485,000 vs $275,900 in Northfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brigantine	Northfield
Population	7,702	8,427
Median age	59.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,906	$104,042
Median home value	$485,000	$275,900
Median gross rent	$1,499	$1,554
Housing units	9,340	3,447
Homeownership rate	74.8%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brigantine	Northfield
Population	8,832 → 7,702 (-12.8%)	8,153 → 8,427 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$72,372 → $88,906 (+22.8%)	$87,156 → $104,042 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$354,200 → $485,000 (+36.9%)	$223,100 → $275,900 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,344 → $1,499 (+11.5%)	$1,720 → $1,554 (-9.7%)

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

Northfield

Population

8,1538,427

Median household income

$87,156$104,042

Median home value

$223,100$275,900

Median gross rent

$1,720$1,554

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brigantine	Northfield
Under 5	2.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	6.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	25.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	20.2%	10.2%
75 and over	13.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brigantine	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	74.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brigantine	Northfield
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	23.3%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brigantine	Northfield
Drove alone	70.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	3.8%
Public transit	3.2%	1.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.3%	7.3%
Other means	1.2%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brigantine	Northfield
1-unit, detached	50.6%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	10.5%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brigantine	Northfield
Poverty rate	9.4%	4.4%
Average household size	1.95	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1980	1966