Browns Mills vs Palmyra

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

Browns Mills and Palmyra 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 7,447 in Palmyra). Palmyra has the higher median household income ($85,014 vs $71,975 in Browns Mills). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($216,600 vs $214,100 in Browns Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Mills	Palmyra
Population	9,561	7,447
Median age	42.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,975	$85,014
Median home value	$214,100	$216,600
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,680
Housing units	4,115	3,406
Homeownership rate	77.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Mills	Palmyra
Population	10,998 → 9,561 (-13.1%)	7,189 → 7,447 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$63,833 → $71,975 (+12.8%)	$72,578 → $85,014 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $214,100 (+35.9%)	$175,200 → $216,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,192 (+2.6%)	$1,356 → $1,680 (+23.9%)

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

Palmyra

Population

7,1897,447

Median household income

$72,578$85,014

Median home value

$175,200$216,600

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Mills	Palmyra
Under 5	5.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.2%
75 and over	6.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Mills	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	63.3%
Black or African American	13.6%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Mills	Palmyra
No high school diploma	11.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Mills	Palmyra
Drove alone	80.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	1.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	14.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Mills	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	80.2%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Browns Mills	Palmyra
Poverty rate	14.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1975	1957