Linwood vs Margate City

A side-by-side comparison of Linwood and Margate City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Linwood has the higher population (6,954 vs 5,260 in Margate City). Linwood has the higher median household income ($135,904 vs $114,417 in Margate City). Margate City has the higher median home value ($645,200 vs $351,100 in Linwood).

Population, income & housing

	Linwood	Margate City
Population	6,954	5,260
Median age	45.8 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$135,904	$114,417
Median home value	$351,100	$645,200
Median gross rent	$2,070	$1,368
Housing units	2,859	6,940
Homeownership rate	90.0%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	60.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linwood	Margate City
Population	6,742 → 6,954 (+3.1%)	5,997 → 5,260 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$109,013 → $135,904 (+24.7%)	$83,045 → $114,417 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$290,000 → $351,100 (+21.1%)	$483,700 → $645,200 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $2,070 (+30.8%)	$1,315 → $1,368 (+4.0%)

Linwood

Population

6,7426,954

Median household income

$109,013$135,904

Median home value

$290,000$351,100

Median gross rent

$1,583$2,070

Margate City

Population

5,9975,260

Median household income

$83,045$114,417

Median home value

$483,700$645,200

Median gross rent

$1,315$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linwood	Margate City
Under 5	5.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	3.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	20.2%
75 and over	11.8%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linwood	Margate City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	94.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linwood	Margate City
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	16.9%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linwood	Margate City
Drove alone	74.0%	63.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	14.0%
Public transit	0.8%	1.1%
Walked	0.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.9%
Worked from home	14.8%	17.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linwood	Margate City
1-unit, detached	88.0%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linwood	Margate City
Poverty rate	2.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1968	1967