Linwood vs Northfield

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

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

Northfield has the higher population (8,427 vs 6,954 in Linwood). Linwood has the higher median household income ($135,904 vs $104,042 in Northfield). Linwood has the higher median home value ($351,100 vs $275,900 in Northfield).

Population, income & housing

	Linwood	Northfield
Population	6,954	8,427
Median age	45.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$135,904	$104,042
Median home value	$351,100	$275,900
Median gross rent	$2,070	$1,554
Housing units	2,859	3,447
Homeownership rate	90.0%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linwood	Northfield
Population	6,742 → 6,954 (+3.1%)	8,153 → 8,427 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$109,013 → $135,904 (+24.7%)	$87,156 → $104,042 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$290,000 → $351,100 (+21.1%)	$223,100 → $275,900 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $2,070 (+30.8%)	$1,720 → $1,554 (-9.7%)

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

Northfield

Population

8,1538,427

Median household income

$87,156$104,042

Median home value

$223,100$275,900

Median gross rent

$1,720$1,554

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linwood	Northfield
Under 5	5.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.2%
75 and over	11.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linwood	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	74.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linwood	Northfield
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	16.9%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linwood	Northfield
Drove alone	74.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.8%	1.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.8%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linwood	Northfield
1-unit, detached	88.0%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linwood	Northfield
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1968	1966