Blackwood vs Mount Ephraim

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

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

Mount Ephraim has the higher population (4,648 vs 4,615 in Blackwood). Mount Ephraim has the higher median household income ($95,137 vs $81,154 in Blackwood). Blackwood has the higher median home value ($231,000 vs $223,800 in Mount Ephraim).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwood	Mount Ephraim
Population	4,615	4,648
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,154	$95,137
Median home value	$231,000	$223,800
Median gross rent	$1,384	$1,509
Housing units	1,811	2,006
Homeownership rate	67.2%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwood	Mount Ephraim
Population	4,929 → 4,615 (-6.4%)	4,582 → 4,648 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$55,045 → $81,154 (+47.4%)	$73,750 → $95,137 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$176,400 → $231,000 (+31.0%)	$168,400 → $223,800 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,384 (+25.9%)	$926 → $1,509 (+63.0%)

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

Mount Ephraim

Population

4,5824,648

Median household income

$73,750$95,137

Median home value

$168,400$223,800

Median gross rent

$926$1,509

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwood	Mount Ephraim
Under 5	5.6%	9.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.6%
75 and over	5.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwood	Mount Ephraim
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	81.5%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwood	Mount Ephraim
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	35.2%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwood	Mount Ephraim
Drove alone	80.4%	71.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.0%
Public transit	1.0%	2.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwood	Mount Ephraim
1-unit, detached	72.8%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	6.3%
20 or more units	4.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackwood	Mount Ephraim
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1958	1958