Lawnside vs Oaklyn

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

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

Oaklyn has the higher population (3,934 vs 3,124 in Lawnside). Oaklyn has the higher median household income ($81,514 vs $70,338 in Lawnside). Oaklyn has the higher median home value ($245,000 vs $215,100 in Lawnside).

Population, income & housing

	Lawnside	Oaklyn
Population	3,124	3,934
Median age	46.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,338	$81,514
Median home value	$215,100	$245,000
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,166
Housing units	1,288	1,829
Homeownership rate	67.0%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawnside	Oaklyn
Population	2,885 → 3,124 (+8.3%)	3,964 → 3,934 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$65,273 → $70,338 (+7.8%)	$72,879 → $81,514 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $215,100 (+29.7%)	$186,300 → $245,000 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,034 (+21.6%)	$917 → $1,166 (+27.2%)

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

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)

	Lawnside	Oaklyn
Under 5	2.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	19.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	8.7%
75 and over	10.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawnside	Oaklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	80.9%
Black or African American	72.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawnside	Oaklyn
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	38.5%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawnside	Oaklyn
Drove alone	69.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.4%
Public transit	12.6%	7.3%
Walked	4.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.3%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawnside	Oaklyn
1-unit, detached	73.6%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	7.1%
20 or more units	8.6%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawnside	Oaklyn
Poverty rate	19.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1967	1943