Magnolia vs Merchantville

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

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

Magnolia has the higher population (4,360 vs 3,815 in Merchantville). Merchantville has the higher median household income ($91,607 vs $89,489 in Magnolia). Merchantville has the higher median home value ($316,300 vs $221,100 in Magnolia).

Population, income & housing

	Magnolia	Merchantville
Population	4,360	3,815
Median age	35.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,489	$91,607
Median home value	$221,100	$316,300
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,097
Housing units	1,910	1,634
Homeownership rate	70.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magnolia	Merchantville
Population	4,272 → 4,360 (+2.1%)	3,719 → 3,815 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $89,489 (+49.1%)	$81,295 → $91,607 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$159,600 → $221,100 (+38.5%)	$227,900 → $316,300 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,204 (+16.4%)	$1,064 → $1,097 (+3.1%)

Magnolia

Population

4,2724,360

Median household income

$60,000$89,489

Median home value

$159,600$221,100

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,204

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)

	Magnolia	Merchantville
Under 5	6.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	21.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	7.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.1%
75 and over	6.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magnolia	Merchantville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	61.0%
Black or African American	16.4%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	25.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magnolia	Merchantville
No high school diploma	7.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	39.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magnolia	Merchantville
Drove alone	75.0%	69.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	10.1%
Public transit	5.6%	3.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	17.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magnolia	Merchantville
1-unit, detached	73.9%	43.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	15.4%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Magnolia	Merchantville
Poverty rate	5.3%	16.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1962	1941