Merchantville vs Oaklyn

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

Merchantville 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 3,815 in Merchantville). Merchantville has the higher median household income ($91,607 vs $81,514 in Oaklyn). Merchantville has the higher median home value ($316,300 vs $245,000 in Oaklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Merchantville	Oaklyn
Population	3,815	3,934
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,607	$81,514
Median home value	$316,300	$245,000
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,166
Housing units	1,634	1,829
Homeownership rate	62.1%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merchantville	Oaklyn
Population	3,719 → 3,815 (+2.6%)	3,964 → 3,934 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$81,295 → $91,607 (+12.7%)	$72,879 → $81,514 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$227,900 → $316,300 (+38.8%)	$186,300 → $245,000 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,097 (+3.1%)	$917 → $1,166 (+27.2%)

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

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)

	Merchantville	Oaklyn
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.7%
75 and over	9.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merchantville	Oaklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	80.9%
Black or African American	8.1%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merchantville	Oaklyn
No high school diploma	11.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merchantville	Oaklyn
Drove alone	69.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	2.4%
Public transit	3.0%	7.3%
Walked	0.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.6%	16.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merchantville	Oaklyn
1-unit, detached	43.9%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	17.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	21.8%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	12.4%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merchantville	Oaklyn
Poverty rate	16.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1941	1943