Fort Dix vs Ramblewood

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

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

Fort Dix has the higher population (8,034 vs 6,542 in Ramblewood). Ramblewood has the higher median household income ($110,130 vs $98,259 in Fort Dix). Since 2019, Ramblewood's population has grown faster (+12.6% vs +4.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Dix	Ramblewood
Population	8,034	6,542
Median age	36.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,259	$110,130
Median home value	—	$376,900
Median gross rent	$2,383	$1,963
Housing units	1,071	2,641
Homeownership rate	0.1%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Dix	Ramblewood
Population	7,668 → 8,034 (+4.8%)	5,812 → 6,542 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$72,031 → $98,259 (+36.4%)	$109,531 → $110,130 (+0.5%)
Median home value	—	$296,200 → $376,900 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,078 → $2,383 (+14.7%)	$1,446 → $1,963 (+35.8%)

Fort Dix

Population

7,6688,034

Median household income

$72,031$98,259

Median gross rent

$2,078$2,383

Ramblewood

Population

5,8126,542

Median household income

$109,531$110,130

Median home value

$296,200$376,900

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Dix	Ramblewood
Under 5	4.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	12.9%
25 to 34	20.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	27.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	2.7%	10.3%
75 and over	0.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Dix	Ramblewood
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	79.8%
Black or African American	28.2%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Dix	Ramblewood
No high school diploma	18.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	45.5%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Dix	Ramblewood
Drove alone	74.9%	71.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.7%
Walked	6.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	14.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Dix	Ramblewood
1-unit, detached	4.8%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	76.3%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.2%
20 or more units	9.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Dix	Ramblewood
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.4%
Average household size	3.29	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	2001	1970