Browns Mills vs Fort Dix

A side-by-side comparison of Browns Mills and Fort Dix: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Browns Mills has the higher population (9,561 vs 8,034 in Fort Dix). Fort Dix has the higher median household income ($98,259 vs $71,975 in Browns Mills). Since 2019, Fort Dix's population has grown faster (+4.8% vs -13.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Mills	Fort Dix
Population	9,561	8,034
Median age	42.9 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,975	$98,259
Median home value	$214,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,192	$2,383
Housing units	4,115	1,071
Homeownership rate	77.1%	0.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Mills	Fort Dix
Population	10,998 → 9,561 (-13.1%)	7,668 → 8,034 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$63,833 → $71,975 (+12.8%)	$72,031 → $98,259 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $214,100 (+35.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,192 (+2.6%)	$2,078 → $2,383 (+14.7%)

Browns Mills

Population

10,9989,561

Median household income

$63,833$71,975

Median home value

$157,600$214,100

Median gross rent

$1,162$1,192

Fort Dix

Population

7,6688,034

Median household income

$72,031$98,259

Median gross rent

$2,078$2,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Mills	Fort Dix
Under 5	5.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	20.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	27.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	14.4%	2.7%
75 and over	6.6%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Mills	Fort Dix
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	37.8%
Black or African American	13.6%	28.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Mills	Fort Dix
No high school diploma	11.8%	18.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Mills	Fort Dix
Drove alone	80.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.7%
Other means	1.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Mills	Fort Dix
1-unit, detached	80.2%	4.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	76.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Browns Mills	Fort Dix
Poverty rate	14.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.54	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1975	2001