Lawnside vs Merchantville

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

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

Merchantville has the higher population (3,815 vs 3,124 in Lawnside). Merchantville has the higher median household income ($91,607 vs $70,338 in Lawnside). Merchantville has the higher median home value ($316,300 vs $215,100 in Lawnside).

Population, income & housing

	Lawnside	Merchantville
Population	3,124	3,815
Median age	46.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,338	$91,607
Median home value	$215,100	$316,300
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,097
Housing units	1,288	1,634
Homeownership rate	67.0%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawnside	Merchantville
Population	2,885 → 3,124 (+8.3%)	3,719 → 3,815 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$65,273 → $70,338 (+7.8%)	$81,295 → $91,607 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $215,100 (+29.7%)	$227,900 → $316,300 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,034 (+21.6%)	$1,064 → $1,097 (+3.1%)

Lawnside

Population

2,8853,124

Median household income

$65,273$70,338

Median home value

$165,900$215,100

Median gross rent

$850$1,034

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)

	Lawnside	Merchantville
Under 5	2.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	19.6%	7.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.1%
75 and over	10.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawnside	Merchantville
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	61.0%
Black or African American	72.5%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	25.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawnside	Merchantville
No high school diploma	7.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawnside	Merchantville
Drove alone	69.6%	69.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.1%
Public transit	12.6%	3.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawnside	Merchantville
1-unit, detached	73.6%	43.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	8.6%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawnside	Merchantville
Poverty rate	19.6%	16.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1967	1941