Lindenwold vs Westmont

A side-by-side comparison of Lindenwold and Westmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lindenwold has the higher population (21,534 vs 13,870 in Westmont). Westmont has the higher median household income ($111,589 vs $55,099 in Lindenwold). Westmont has the higher median home value ($374,300 vs $168,300 in Lindenwold).

Population, income & housing

	Lindenwold	Westmont
Population	21,534	13,870
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,099	$111,589
Median home value	$168,300	$374,300
Median gross rent	$1,265	$1,728
Housing units	9,601	6,826
Homeownership rate	33.2%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindenwold	Westmont
Population	17,320 → 21,534 (+24.3%)	13,104 → 13,870 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$45,789 → $55,099 (+20.3%)	$97,141 → $111,589 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$124,200 → $168,300 (+35.5%)	$283,600 → $374,300 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,265 (+30.0%)	$1,338 → $1,728 (+29.1%)

Lindenwold

Population

17,32021,534

Median household income

$45,789$55,099

Median home value

$124,200$168,300

Median gross rent

$973$1,265

Westmont

Population

13,10413,870

Median household income

$97,141$111,589

Median home value

$283,600$374,300

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lindenwold	Westmont
Under 5	7.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	16.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.1%
75 and over	3.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindenwold	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	29.4%	86.6%
Black or African American	33.2%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindenwold	Westmont
No high school diploma	14.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	38.6%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindenwold	Westmont
Drove alone	70.8%	62.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	2.6%
Public transit	5.3%	7.5%
Walked	3.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.5%	25.0%
Other means	3.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindenwold	Westmont
1-unit, detached	30.9%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	32.4%	6.2%
20 or more units	17.4%	21.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lindenwold	Westmont
Poverty rate	24.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1973	1955