Bordentown vs Roebling

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

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

Bordentown has the higher population (4,006 vs 3,591 in Roebling). Bordentown has the higher median household income ($91,208 vs $83,083 in Roebling). Bordentown has the higher median home value ($322,300 vs $185,500 in Roebling).

Population, income & housing

	Bordentown	Roebling
Population	4,006	3,591
Median age	41.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,208	$83,083
Median home value	$322,300	$185,500
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,835
Housing units	2,016	1,508
Homeownership rate	51.8%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bordentown	Roebling
Population	3,823 → 4,006 (+4.8%)	3,909 → 3,591 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $91,208 (+12.7%)	$85,815 → $83,083 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$224,300 → $322,300 (+43.7%)	$169,800 → $185,500 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,468 (+17.4%)	$1,342 → $1,835 (+36.7%)

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

Roebling

Population

3,9093,591

Median household income

$85,815$83,083

Median home value

$169,800$185,500

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bordentown	Roebling
Under 5	5.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.3%	25.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.1%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.7%
75 and over	8.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bordentown	Roebling
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	69.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.5%	12.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bordentown	Roebling
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bordentown	Roebling
Drove alone	81.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.8%	1.8%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	11.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bordentown	Roebling
1-unit, detached	32.0%	24.6%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	63.7%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	11.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bordentown	Roebling
Poverty rate	5.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938