Bordentown vs Medford Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Bordentown and Medford Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Medford Lakes has the higher population (4,267 vs 4,006 in Bordentown). Medford Lakes has the higher median household income ($151,190 vs $91,208 in Bordentown). Medford Lakes has the higher median home value ($368,200 vs $322,300 in Bordentown).

Population, income & housing

	Bordentown	Medford Lakes
Population	4,006	4,267
Median age	41.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,208	$151,190
Median home value	$322,300	$368,200
Median gross rent	$1,468	$2,136
Housing units	2,016	1,516
Homeownership rate	51.8%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	59.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bordentown	Medford Lakes
Population	3,823 → 4,006 (+4.8%)	3,984 → 4,267 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $91,208 (+12.7%)	$110,792 → $151,190 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$224,300 → $322,300 (+43.7%)	$297,700 → $368,200 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,468 (+17.4%)	$1,858 → $2,136 (+15.0%)

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

Medford Lakes

Population

3,9844,267

Median household income

$110,792$151,190

Median home value

$297,700$368,200

Median gross rent

$1,858$2,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bordentown	Medford Lakes
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.3%
75 and over	8.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bordentown	Medford Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	89.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bordentown	Medford Lakes
No high school diploma	6.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	24.0%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bordentown	Medford Lakes
Drove alone	81.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.5%
Public transit	0.8%	1.8%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	15.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bordentown	Medford Lakes
1-unit, detached	32.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bordentown	Medford Lakes
Poverty rate	5.8%	1.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1938	1961