Ellisburg vs Somerdale

A side-by-side comparison of Ellisburg and Somerdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Somerdale has the higher population (5,535 vs 5,021 in Ellisburg). Ellisburg has the higher median household income ($91,272 vs $79,101 in Somerdale). Ellisburg has the higher median home value ($294,300 vs $221,600 in Somerdale).

Population, income & housing

	Ellisburg	Somerdale
Population	5,021	5,535
Median age	36.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$91,272	$79,101
Median home value	$294,300	$221,600
Median gross rent	$1,428	$1,141
Housing units	1,906	2,273
Homeownership rate	66.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellisburg	Somerdale
Population	4,254 → 5,021 (+18.0%)	5,448 → 5,535 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$79,655 → $91,272 (+14.6%)	$72,778 → $79,101 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$237,200 → $294,300 (+24.1%)	$170,500 → $221,600 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,428 (+20.5%)	$892 → $1,141 (+27.9%)

Ellisburg

Population

4,2545,021

Median household income

$79,655$91,272

Median home value

$237,200$294,300

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,428

Somerdale

Population

5,4485,535

Median household income

$72,778$79,101

Median home value

$170,500$221,600

Median gross rent

$892$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellisburg	Somerdale
Under 5	9.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.2%
75 and over	9.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellisburg	Somerdale
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	54.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellisburg	Somerdale
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	26.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellisburg	Somerdale
Drove alone	79.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.5%
Public transit	1.4%	3.5%
Walked	4.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellisburg	Somerdale
1-unit, detached	57.3%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	37.1%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellisburg	Somerdale
Poverty rate	11.9%	15.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1965	1965