Elwood vs Longport

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

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

Elwood has the higher population (920 vs 897 in Longport). Longport has the higher median household income ($103,523 vs $68,698 in Elwood). Longport has the higher median home value ($1,079,500 vs $170,300 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Longport
Population	920	897
Median age	62.8 yrs	68.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,698	$103,523
Median home value	$170,300	$1,079,500
Median gross rent	—	$2,554
Housing units	445	1,578
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Longport
Population	1,041 → 920 (-11.6%)	869 → 897 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$78,460 → $68,698 (-12.4%)	$116,500 → $103,523 (-11.1%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $170,300 (-22.2%)	$890,900 → $1,079,500 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,773 → $2,554 (+44.0%)

Elwood

Population

1,041920

Median household income

$78,460$68,698

Median home value

$218,800$170,300

Longport

Population

869897

Median household income

$116,500$103,523

Median home value

$890,900$1,079,500

Median gross rent

$1,773$2,554

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Longport
Under 5	1.5%	1.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.8%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	1.6%	2.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	3.9%
45 to 54	20.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	25.2%	18.7%
65 to 74	35.8%	25.5%
75 and over	6.5%	31.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Longport
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	96.0%
Black or African American	16.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
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%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Longport
No high school diploma	37.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Longport
Drove alone	85.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.7%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Longport
1-unit, detached	94.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Longport
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.8%
Average household size	1.86	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1972	1975