Cologne vs Elwood

A side-by-side comparison of Cologne and Elwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cologne has the higher population (1,023 vs 920 in Elwood). Cologne has the higher median household income ($101,723 vs $68,698 in Elwood). Cologne has the higher median home value ($330,500 vs $170,300 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cologne	Elwood
Population	1,023	920
Median age	60.5 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,723	$68,698
Median home value	$330,500	$170,300
Median gross rent	$2,455	—
Housing units	604	445
Homeownership rate	65.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cologne	Elwood
Population	1,162 → 1,023 (-12.0%)	1,041 → 920 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$86,525 → $101,723 (+17.6%)	$78,460 → $68,698 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$270,000 → $330,500 (+22.4%)	$218,800 → $170,300 (-22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,938 → $2,455 (+26.7%)	—

Cologne

Population

1,1621,023

Median household income

$86,525$101,723

Median home value

$270,000$330,500

Median gross rent

$1,938$2,455

Elwood

Population

1,041920

Median household income

$78,460$68,698

Median home value

$218,800$170,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cologne	Elwood
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	10.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	1.2%
25 to 34	4.9%	1.6%
35 to 44	6.5%	7.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	20.2%
55 to 64	19.5%	25.2%
65 to 74	21.4%	35.8%
75 and over	18.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cologne	Elwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	48.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cologne	Elwood
No high school diploma	1.2%	37.9%
High school graduate	26.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cologne	Elwood
Drove alone	71.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.5%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cologne	Elwood
1-unit, detached	65.2%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cologne	Elwood
Poverty rate	5.3%	8.2%
Average household size	1.69	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	2003	1972