Northfield vs Pomona

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

Northfield and Pomona 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 8,141 in Pomona). Northfield has the higher median household income ($104,042 vs $100,382 in Pomona). Northfield has the higher median home value ($275,900 vs $244,500 in Pomona).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Pomona
Population	8,427	8,141
Median age	44.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$104,042	$100,382
Median home value	$275,900	$244,500
Median gross rent	$1,554	$897
Housing units	3,447	2,532
Homeownership rate	87.8%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Pomona
Population	8,153 → 8,427 (+3.4%)	7,363 → 8,141 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$87,156 → $104,042 (+19.4%)	$82,191 → $100,382 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $275,900 (+23.7%)	$202,400 → $244,500 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,720 → $1,554 (-9.7%)	$712 → $897 (+26.0%)

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

Pomona

Population

7,3638,141

Median household income

$82,191$100,382

Median home value

$202,400$244,500

Median gross rent

$712$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northfield	Pomona
Under 5	4.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.2%
75 and over	9.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Pomona
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	41.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.3%	20.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Pomona
No high school diploma	6.9%	12.1%
High school graduate	22.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Pomona
Drove alone	81.2%	73.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	18.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	5.7%
Other means	4.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Pomona
1-unit, detached	89.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Pomona
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.51	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1966	1995