Moorestown-Lenola vs Palmyra

A side-by-side comparison of Moorestown-Lenola and Palmyra: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moorestown-Lenola has the higher population (14,523 vs 7,447 in Palmyra). Moorestown-Lenola has the higher median household income ($134,167 vs $85,014 in Palmyra). Moorestown-Lenola has the higher median home value ($533,400 vs $216,600 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Moorestown-Lenola	Palmyra
Population	14,523	7,447
Median age	45.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$134,167	$85,014
Median home value	$533,400	$216,600
Median gross rent	$1,487	$1,680
Housing units	5,901	3,406
Homeownership rate	81.7%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorestown-Lenola	Palmyra
Population	13,806 → 14,523 (+5.2%)	7,189 → 7,447 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$121,853 → $134,167 (+10.1%)	$72,578 → $85,014 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$414,000 → $533,400 (+28.8%)	$175,200 → $216,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,487 (+17.9%)	$1,356 → $1,680 (+23.9%)

Moorestown-Lenola

Population

13,80614,523

Median household income

$121,853$134,167

Median home value

$414,000$533,400

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,487

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)

	Moorestown-Lenola	Palmyra
Under 5	3.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	21.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.2%
75 and over	7.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorestown-Lenola	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	63.3%
Black or African American	6.2%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorestown-Lenola	Palmyra
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	13.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorestown-Lenola	Palmyra
Drove alone	70.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	8.4%
Public transit	3.0%	3.1%
Walked	1.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.3%	14.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorestown-Lenola	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	74.7%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	12.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moorestown-Lenola	Palmyra
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1959	1957