Blackwood vs Golden Triangle

A side-by-side comparison of Blackwood and Golden Triangle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Golden Triangle has the higher population (4,893 vs 4,615 in Blackwood). Golden Triangle has the higher median household income ($101,411 vs $81,154 in Blackwood). Golden Triangle has the higher median home value ($280,800 vs $231,000 in Blackwood).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwood	Golden Triangle
Population	4,615	4,893
Median age	37.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,154	$101,411
Median home value	$231,000	$280,800
Median gross rent	$1,384	$2,240
Housing units	1,811	2,411
Homeownership rate	67.2%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwood	Golden Triangle
Population	4,929 → 4,615 (-6.4%)	4,185 → 4,893 (+16.9%)
Median household income	$55,045 → $81,154 (+47.4%)	$78,088 → $101,411 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$176,400 → $231,000 (+31.0%)	$222,100 → $280,800 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,384 (+25.9%)	$1,533 → $2,240 (+46.1%)

Blackwood

Population

4,9294,615

Median household income

$55,045$81,154

Median home value

$176,400$231,000

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,384

Golden Triangle

Population

4,1854,893

Median household income

$78,088$101,411

Median home value

$222,100$280,800

Median gross rent

$1,533$2,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwood	Golden Triangle
Under 5	5.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	16.1%
75 and over	5.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwood	Golden Triangle
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	61.4%
Black or African American	9.8%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	12.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwood	Golden Triangle
No high school diploma	6.7%	16.0%
High school graduate	35.2%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwood	Golden Triangle
Drove alone	80.4%	64.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.2%
Public transit	1.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	23.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwood	Golden Triangle
1-unit, detached	72.8%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	31.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Blackwood	Golden Triangle
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1958	1986