Elwood vs Germania

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

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

Germania has the higher population (974 vs 920 in Elwood). Germania has the higher median household income ($123,360 vs $68,698 in Elwood). Germania has the higher median home value ($284,500 vs $170,300 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Germania
Population	920	974
Median age	62.8 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,698	$123,360
Median home value	$170,300	$284,500
Housing units	445	353
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Germania
Population	1,041 → 920 (-11.6%)	1,015 → 974 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$78,460 → $68,698 (-12.4%)	$106,428 → $123,360 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $170,300 (-22.2%)	$275,600 → $284,500 (+3.2%)

Elwood

Population

1,041920

Median household income

$78,460$68,698

Median home value

$218,800$170,300

Germania

Population

1,015974

Median household income

$106,428$123,360

Median home value

$275,600$284,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Germania
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.0%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	1.6%	2.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	30.4%
45 to 54	20.2%	1.4%
55 to 64	25.2%	49.4%
65 to 74	35.8%	7.2%
75 and over	6.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Germania
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	16.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	34.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Germania
No high school diploma	37.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	66.6%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Germania
Drove alone	85.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Germania
1-unit, detached	94.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Germania
Poverty rate	8.2%	2.8%
Average household size	1.86	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1972	1981