Berlin vs Stratford

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

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

Berlin has the higher population (7,503 vs 6,965 in Stratford). Berlin has the higher median household income ($101,008 vs $100,735 in Stratford). Berlin has the higher median home value ($310,000 vs $238,200 in Stratford).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Stratford
Population	7,503	6,965
Median age	39.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,008	$100,735
Median home value	$310,000	$238,200
Median gross rent	$1,399	$1,172
Housing units	2,949	2,574
Homeownership rate	73.3%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Stratford
Population	7,539 → 7,503 (-0.5%)	6,971 → 6,965 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$97,003 → $101,008 (+4.1%)	$79,677 → $100,735 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$239,200 → $310,000 (+29.6%)	$179,100 → $238,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,399 (+19.9%)	$991 → $1,172 (+18.3%)

Berlin

Population

7,5397,503

Median household income

$97,003$101,008

Median home value

$239,200$310,000

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,399

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)

	Berlin	Stratford
Under 5	3.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	19.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.0%
75 and over	5.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Stratford
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	71.1%
Black or African American	13.0%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Stratford
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	27.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Stratford
Drove alone	85.1%	73.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	7.1%
Public transit	1.5%	5.7%
Walked	2.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Stratford
1-unit, detached	66.5%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	9.9%
20 or more units	3.7%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Stratford
Poverty rate	5.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1972	1960