Bellmawr vs Echelon

A side-by-side comparison of Bellmawr and Echelon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Echelon has the higher population (13,577 vs 11,678 in Bellmawr). Echelon has the higher median household income ($81,808 vs $74,812 in Bellmawr). Echelon has the higher median home value ($288,000 vs $216,500 in Bellmawr).

Population, income & housing

	Bellmawr	Echelon
Population	11,678	13,577
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,812	$81,808
Median home value	$216,500	$288,000
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,697
Housing units	5,118	6,240
Homeownership rate	64.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellmawr	Echelon
Population	11,398 → 11,678 (+2.5%)	11,957 → 13,577 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$59,646 → $74,812 (+25.4%)	$73,671 → $81,808 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $216,500 (+29.1%)	$223,600 → $288,000 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,141 (+27.1%)	$1,371 → $1,697 (+23.8%)

Bellmawr

Population

11,39811,678

Median household income

$59,646$74,812

Median home value

$167,700$216,500

Median gross rent

$898$1,141

Echelon

Population

11,95713,577

Median household income

$73,671$81,808

Median home value

$223,600$288,000

Median gross rent

$1,371$1,697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellmawr	Echelon
Under 5	6.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.1%
75 and over	8.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellmawr	Echelon
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	50.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	26.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellmawr	Echelon
No high school diploma	9.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	42.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellmawr	Echelon
Drove alone	79.0%	64.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.4%
Public transit	1.0%	7.3%
Walked	2.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.3%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellmawr	Echelon
1-unit, detached	59.8%	26.4%
1-unit, attached	16.7%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	32.3%
20 or more units	10.9%	25.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bellmawr	Echelon
Poverty rate	9.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1960	1978