Elwood vs Newtonville

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

Elwood and Newtonville 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 915 in Newtonville). Newtonville has the higher median household income ($108,470 vs $68,698 in Elwood). Newtonville has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $170,300 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Newtonville
Population	920	915
Median age	62.8 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,698	$108,470
Median home value	$170,300	$211,000
Housing units	445	375
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Newtonville
Population	1,041 → 920 (-11.6%)	781 → 915 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$78,460 → $68,698 (-12.4%)	$82,746 → $108,470 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $170,300 (-22.2%)	$155,600 → $211,000 (+35.6%)

Elwood

Population

1,041920

Median household income

$78,460$68,698

Median home value

$218,800$170,300

Newtonville

Population

781915

Median household income

$82,746$108,470

Median home value

$155,600$211,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Newtonville
Under 5	1.5%	13.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.6%	26.7%
35 to 44	7.9%	23.5%
45 to 54	20.2%	2.2%
55 to 64	25.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	35.8%	11.0%
75 and over	6.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Newtonville
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	47.0%
Black or African American	16.8%	29.0%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Newtonville
No high school diploma	37.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Newtonville
Drove alone	85.5%	86.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Newtonville
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	Newtonville
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.9%
Average household size	1.86	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1972	1992