Blackwood vs Merchantville

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

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

Blackwood has the higher population (4,615 vs 3,815 in Merchantville). Merchantville has the higher median household income ($91,607 vs $81,154 in Blackwood). Merchantville has the higher median home value ($316,300 vs $231,000 in Blackwood).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwood	Merchantville
Population	4,615	3,815
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,154	$91,607
Median home value	$231,000	$316,300
Median gross rent	$1,384	$1,097
Housing units	1,811	1,634
Homeownership rate	67.2%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwood	Merchantville
Population	4,929 → 4,615 (-6.4%)	3,719 → 3,815 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$55,045 → $81,154 (+47.4%)	$81,295 → $91,607 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$176,400 → $231,000 (+31.0%)	$227,900 → $316,300 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,384 (+25.9%)	$1,064 → $1,097 (+3.1%)

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

Merchantville

Population

3,7193,815

Median household income

$81,295$91,607

Median home value

$227,900$316,300

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwood	Merchantville
Under 5	5.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	7.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.1%
75 and over	5.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwood	Merchantville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	61.0%
Black or African American	9.8%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	25.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwood	Merchantville
No high school diploma	6.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	35.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwood	Merchantville
Drove alone	80.4%	69.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	10.1%
Public transit	1.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwood	Merchantville
1-unit, detached	72.8%	43.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackwood	Merchantville
Poverty rate	11.2%	16.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1958	1941