Blackwood vs Oaklyn

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

Blackwood and Oaklyn 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 3,934 in Oaklyn). Oaklyn has the higher median household income ($81,514 vs $81,154 in Blackwood). Oaklyn has the higher median home value ($245,000 vs $231,000 in Blackwood).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwood	Oaklyn
Population	4,615	3,934
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,154	$81,514
Median home value	$231,000	$245,000
Median gross rent	$1,384	$1,166
Housing units	1,811	1,829
Homeownership rate	67.2%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwood	Oaklyn
Population	4,929 → 4,615 (-6.4%)	3,964 → 3,934 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$55,045 → $81,154 (+47.4%)	$72,879 → $81,514 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$176,400 → $231,000 (+31.0%)	$186,300 → $245,000 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,384 (+25.9%)	$917 → $1,166 (+27.2%)

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

Oaklyn

Population

3,9643,934

Median household income

$72,879$81,514

Median home value

$186,300$245,000

Median gross rent

$917$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwood	Oaklyn
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.7%
75 and over	5.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwood	Oaklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	9.8%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwood	Oaklyn
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	35.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwood	Oaklyn
Drove alone	80.4%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	2.4%
Public transit	1.0%	7.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.5%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwood	Oaklyn
1-unit, detached	72.8%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackwood	Oaklyn
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1958	1943