Atco vs Stratford

A side-by-side comparison of Atco and Stratford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atco has the higher population (8,037 vs 6,965 in Stratford). Atco has the higher median household income ($101,976 vs $100,735 in Stratford). Atco has the higher median home value ($262,200 vs $238,200 in Stratford).

Population, income & housing

	Atco	Stratford
Population	8,037	6,965
Median age	46.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,976	$100,735
Median home value	$262,200	$238,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,172
Housing units	3,129	2,574
Homeownership rate	82.6%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atco	Stratford
Population	8,316 → 8,037 (-3.4%)	6,971 → 6,965 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$89,890 → $101,976 (+13.4%)	$79,677 → $100,735 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $262,200 (+26.4%)	$179,100 → $238,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,531 → $1,298 (-15.2%)	$991 → $1,172 (+18.3%)

Atco

Population

8,3168,037

Median household income

$89,890$101,976

Median home value

$207,400$262,200

Median gross rent

$1,531$1,298

Stratford

Population

6,9716,965

Median household income

$79,677$100,735

Median home value

$179,100$238,200

Median gross rent

$991$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atco	Stratford
Under 5	3.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	19.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.0%
75 and over	5.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atco	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	71.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atco	Stratford
No high school diploma	7.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atco	Stratford
Drove alone	81.4%	73.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	5.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atco	Stratford
1-unit, detached	81.1%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atco	Stratford
Poverty rate	10.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1976	1960