Collingswood vs Echelon

A side-by-side comparison of Collingswood and Echelon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Collingswood has the higher population (14,163 vs 13,577 in Echelon). Collingswood has the higher median household income ($83,917 vs $81,808 in Echelon). Collingswood has the higher median home value ($346,300 vs $288,000 in Echelon).

Population, income & housing

	Collingswood	Echelon
Population	14,163	13,577
Median age	39.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,917	$81,808
Median home value	$346,300	$288,000
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,697
Housing units	7,009	6,240
Homeownership rate	54.4%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collingswood	Echelon
Population	13,912 → 14,163 (+1.8%)	11,957 → 13,577 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$73,594 → $83,917 (+14.0%)	$73,671 → $81,808 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$260,900 → $346,300 (+32.7%)	$223,600 → $288,000 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,151 → $1,420 (+23.4%)	$1,371 → $1,697 (+23.8%)

Collingswood

Population

13,91214,163

Median household income

$73,594$83,917

Median home value

$260,900$346,300

Median gross rent

$1,151$1,420

Echelon

Population

11,95713,577

Median household income

$73,671$81,808

Median home value

$223,600$288,000

Median gross rent

$1,371$1,697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collingswood	Echelon
Under 5	4.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	18.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	17.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.1%
75 and over	6.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collingswood	Echelon
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	50.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	26.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collingswood	Echelon
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	20.0%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collingswood	Echelon
Drove alone	53.6%	64.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	8.4%
Public transit	11.7%	7.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.9%	17.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collingswood	Echelon
1-unit, detached	38.0%	26.4%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	32.3%
20 or more units	23.8%	25.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Collingswood	Echelon
Poverty rate	10.8%	10.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1943	1978