Barrington vs Stratford

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

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

Barrington has the higher population (7,047 vs 6,965 in Stratford). Stratford has the higher median household income ($100,735 vs $84,334 in Barrington). Barrington has the higher median home value ($244,400 vs $238,200 in Stratford).

Population, income & housing

	Barrington	Stratford
Population	7,047	6,965
Median age	44.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,334	$100,735
Median home value	$244,400	$238,200
Median gross rent	$1,282	$1,172
Housing units	3,495	2,574
Homeownership rate	51.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrington	Stratford
Population	6,716 → 7,047 (+4.9%)	6,971 → 6,965 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$78,773 → $84,334 (+7.1%)	$79,677 → $100,735 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$195,300 → $244,400 (+25.1%)	$179,100 → $238,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,282 (+27.9%)	$991 → $1,172 (+18.3%)

Barrington

Population

6,7167,047

Median household income

$78,773$84,334

Median home value

$195,300$244,400

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,282

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)

	Barrington	Stratford
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	19.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.0%
75 and over	9.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrington	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	71.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrington	Stratford
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrington	Stratford
Drove alone	75.6%	73.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.1%
Public transit	1.8%	5.7%
Walked	3.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrington	Stratford
1-unit, detached	55.7%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	9.9%
20 or more units	23.2%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barrington	Stratford
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1960	1960