Barclay vs Merchantville

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

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

Barclay has the higher population (4,456 vs 3,815 in Merchantville). Barclay has the higher median household income ($162,241 vs $91,607 in Merchantville). Barclay has the higher median home value ($438,400 vs $316,300 in Merchantville).

Population, income & housing

	Barclay	Merchantville
Population	4,456	3,815
Median age	44.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$162,241	$91,607
Median home value	$438,400	$316,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,097
Housing units	1,667	1,634
Homeownership rate	97.7%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barclay	Merchantville
Population	4,248 → 4,456 (+4.9%)	3,719 → 3,815 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$153,150 → $162,241 (+5.9%)	$81,295 → $91,607 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$344,300 → $438,400 (+27.3%)	$227,900 → $316,300 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,064 → $1,097 (+3.1%)

Barclay

Population

4,2484,456

Median household income

$153,150$162,241

Median home value

$344,300$438,400

Merchantville

Population

3,7193,815

Median household income

$81,295$91,607

Median home value

$227,900$316,300

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barclay	Merchantville
Under 5	6.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.1%
75 and over	9.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barclay	Merchantville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	61.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	25.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barclay	Merchantville
No high school diploma	1.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	12.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	43.0%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barclay	Merchantville
Drove alone	58.5%	69.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	10.1%
Public transit	3.9%	3.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.3%	17.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barclay	Merchantville
1-unit, detached	98.4%	43.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barclay	Merchantville
Poverty rate	6.9%	16.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1962	1941