Merchantville vs Woodlynne

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

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

Merchantville has the higher population (3,815 vs 2,899 in Woodlynne). Merchantville has the higher median household income ($91,607 vs $71,635 in Woodlynne). Merchantville has the higher median home value ($316,300 vs $129,900 in Woodlynne).

Population, income & housing

	Merchantville	Woodlynne
Population	3,815	2,899
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,607	$71,635
Median home value	$316,300	$129,900
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,595
Housing units	1,634	1,073
Homeownership rate	62.1%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merchantville	Woodlynne
Population	3,719 → 3,815 (+2.6%)	2,920 → 2,899 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$81,295 → $91,607 (+12.7%)	$48,786 → $71,635 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$227,900 → $316,300 (+38.8%)	$87,200 → $129,900 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,097 (+3.1%)	$1,153 → $1,595 (+38.3%)

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

Woodlynne

Population

2,9202,899

Median household income

$48,786$71,635

Median home value

$87,200$129,900

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merchantville	Woodlynne
Under 5	6.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	26.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	6.9%
75 and over	9.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merchantville	Woodlynne
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	16.8%
Black or African American	8.1%	26.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merchantville	Woodlynne
No high school diploma	11.1%	21.9%
High school graduate	27.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merchantville	Woodlynne
Drove alone	69.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.4%
Public transit	3.0%	6.5%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	17.6%	3.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merchantville	Woodlynne
1-unit, detached	43.9%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	17.7%	50.0%
2 to 4 units	21.8%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	12.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merchantville	Woodlynne
Poverty rate	16.7%	15.9%
Average household size	2.53	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1941	1938