Northfield vs Ventnor City

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

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

Ventnor City has the higher population (9,220 vs 8,427 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($104,042 vs $74,619 in Ventnor City). Ventnor City has the higher median home value ($345,300 vs $275,900 in Northfield).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Ventnor City
Population	8,427	9,220
Median age	44.7 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,042	$74,619
Median home value	$275,900	$345,300
Median gross rent	$1,554	$1,477
Housing units	3,447	7,813
Homeownership rate	87.8%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Ventnor City
Population	8,153 → 8,427 (+3.4%)	10,095 → 9,220 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$87,156 → $104,042 (+19.4%)	$59,219 → $74,619 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $275,900 (+23.7%)	$273,500 → $345,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,720 → $1,554 (-9.7%)	$1,163 → $1,477 (+27.0%)

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

Ventnor City

Population

10,0959,220

Median household income

$59,219$74,619

Median home value

$273,500$345,300

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northfield	Ventnor City
Under 5	4.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	22.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.5%
75 and over	9.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Ventnor City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	68.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	9.3%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Ventnor City
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	22.5%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Ventnor City
Drove alone	81.2%	68.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.9%
Public transit	1.3%	8.4%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.3%	11.7%
Other means	4.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Ventnor City
1-unit, detached	89.8%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Ventnor City
Poverty rate	4.4%	10.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1966	1961