Bordentown vs McGuire AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Bordentown and McGuire AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McGuire AFB has the higher population (4,491 vs 4,006 in Bordentown). Bordentown has the higher median household income ($91,208 vs $79,423 in McGuire AFB). Since 2019, Bordentown's population has grown faster (+4.8% vs -12.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bordentown	McGuire AFB
Population	4,006	4,491
Median age	41.8 yrs	24.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,208	$79,423
Median home value	$322,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,468	$2,426
Housing units	2,016	1,497
Homeownership rate	51.8%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bordentown	McGuire AFB
Population	3,823 → 4,006 (+4.8%)	5,113 → 4,491 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $91,208 (+12.7%)	$71,827 → $79,423 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$224,300 → $322,300 (+43.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,468 (+17.4%)	$2,014 → $2,426 (+20.5%)

Bordentown

Population

3,8234,006

Median household income

$80,896$91,208

Median home value

$224,300$322,300

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,468

McGuire AFB

Population

5,1134,491

Median household income

$71,827$79,423

Median gross rent

$2,014$2,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bordentown	McGuire AFB
Under 5	5.6%	13.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	23.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	14.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	23.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	2.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	0.6%
75 and over	8.7%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bordentown	McGuire AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	60.6%
Black or African American	6.1%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bordentown	McGuire AFB
No high school diploma	6.0%	0.7%
High school graduate	24.0%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bordentown	McGuire AFB
Drove alone	81.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	4.6%	12.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.3%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bordentown	McGuire AFB
1-unit, detached	32.0%	14.6%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	75.6%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	2.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bordentown	McGuire AFB
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.15	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1938	2004