Linwood vs Mays Landing

A side-by-side comparison of Linwood and Mays Landing: population, income, housing, and more.

Linwood and Mays Landing 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 6,178 in Mays Landing). Linwood has the higher median household income ($135,904 vs $80,777 in Mays Landing). Linwood has the higher median home value ($351,100 vs $236,500 in Mays Landing).

Population, income & housing

	Linwood	Mays Landing
Population	6,954	6,178
Median age	45.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$135,904	$80,777
Median home value	$351,100	$236,500
Median gross rent	$2,070	$1,150
Housing units	2,859	2,518
Homeownership rate	90.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linwood	Mays Landing
Population	6,742 → 6,954 (+3.1%)	2,524 → 6,178 (+144.8%)
Median household income	$109,013 → $135,904 (+24.7%)	$65,577 → $80,777 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$290,000 → $351,100 (+21.1%)	$182,300 → $236,500 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $2,070 (+30.8%)	$1,463 → $1,150 (-21.4%)

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

Mays Landing

Population

2,5246,178

Median household income

$65,577$80,777

Median home value

$182,300$236,500

Median gross rent

$1,463$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linwood	Mays Landing
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.5%
75 and over	11.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linwood	Mays Landing
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	54.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linwood	Mays Landing
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	16.9%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linwood	Mays Landing
Drove alone	74.0%	82.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linwood	Mays Landing
1-unit, detached	88.0%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Linwood	Mays Landing
Poverty rate	2.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1968	1987