Lawnside vs West Berlin

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

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

Lawnside has the higher population (3,124 vs 2,533 in West Berlin). West Berlin has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $70,338 in Lawnside). West Berlin has the higher median home value ($224,800 vs $215,100 in Lawnside).

Population, income & housing

	Lawnside	West Berlin
Population	3,124	2,533
Median age	46.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,338	$75,000
Median home value	$215,100	$224,800
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,321
Housing units	1,288	1,060
Homeownership rate	67.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawnside	West Berlin
Population	2,885 → 3,124 (+8.3%)	3,182 → 2,533 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$65,273 → $70,338 (+7.8%)	$85,405 → $75,000 (-12.2%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $215,100 (+29.7%)	$177,200 → $224,800 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,034 (+21.6%)	$1,231 → $1,321 (+7.3%)

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

West Berlin

Population

3,1822,533

Median household income

$85,405$75,000

Median home value

$177,200$224,800

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,321

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawnside	West Berlin
Under 5	2.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	5.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	19.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	7.9%	18.4%
55 to 64	19.6%	20.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.2%
75 and over	10.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawnside	West Berlin
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	63.4%
Black or African American	72.5%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawnside	West Berlin
No high school diploma	7.9%	20.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawnside	West Berlin
Drove alone	69.6%	87.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.3%
Public transit	12.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawnside	West Berlin
1-unit, detached	73.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawnside	West Berlin
Poverty rate	19.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1967	1966