Bellmawr vs Gloucester City

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

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

Bellmawr has the higher population (11,678 vs 11,465 in Gloucester City). Bellmawr has the higher median household income ($74,812 vs $70,942 in Gloucester City). Bellmawr has the higher median home value ($216,500 vs $180,100 in Gloucester City).

Population, income & housing

	Bellmawr	Gloucester City
Population	11,678	11,465
Median age	41.1 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,812	$70,942
Median home value	$216,500	$180,100
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,489
Housing units	5,118	4,538
Homeownership rate	64.2%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellmawr	Gloucester City
Population	11,398 → 11,678 (+2.5%)	11,248 → 11,465 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$59,646 → $74,812 (+25.4%)	$59,394 → $70,942 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $216,500 (+29.1%)	$125,800 → $180,100 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,141 (+27.1%)	$1,163 → $1,489 (+28.0%)

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

Gloucester City

Population

11,24811,465

Median household income

$59,394$70,942

Median home value

$125,800$180,100

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellmawr	Gloucester City
Under 5	6.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.2%
75 and over	8.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellmawr	Gloucester City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	68.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellmawr	Gloucester City
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	42.3%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellmawr	Gloucester City
Drove alone	79.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.9%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	9.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellmawr	Gloucester City
1-unit, detached	59.8%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	16.7%	28.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	5.9%
20 or more units	10.9%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellmawr	Gloucester City
Poverty rate	9.6%	13.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1960	1945