Barclay vs Blackwood

A side-by-side comparison of Barclay and Blackwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blackwood has the higher population (4,615 vs 4,456 in Barclay). Barclay has the higher median household income ($162,241 vs $81,154 in Blackwood). Barclay has the higher median home value ($438,400 vs $231,000 in Blackwood).

Population, income & housing

	Barclay	Blackwood
Population	4,456	4,615
Median age	44.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$162,241	$81,154
Median home value	$438,400	$231,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,384
Housing units	1,667	1,811
Homeownership rate	97.7%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barclay	Blackwood
Population	4,248 → 4,456 (+4.9%)	4,929 → 4,615 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$153,150 → $162,241 (+5.9%)	$55,045 → $81,154 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$344,300 → $438,400 (+27.3%)	$176,400 → $231,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,099 → $1,384 (+25.9%)

Barclay

Population

4,2484,456

Median household income

$153,150$162,241

Median home value

$344,300$438,400

Blackwood

Population

4,9294,615

Median household income

$55,045$81,154

Median home value

$176,400$231,000

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,384

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barclay	Blackwood
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	11.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.9%
75 and over	9.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barclay	Blackwood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	73.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barclay	Blackwood
No high school diploma	1.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	12.8%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	43.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barclay	Blackwood
Drove alone	58.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	8.4%
Public transit	3.9%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.3%	8.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barclay	Blackwood
1-unit, detached	98.4%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barclay	Blackwood
Poverty rate	6.9%	11.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1962	1958