Avalon vs Erma

A side-by-side comparison of Avalon and Erma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erma has the higher population (2,039 vs 1,478 in Avalon). Avalon has the higher median household income ($143,482 vs $93,674 in Erma). Avalon has the higher median home value ($1,756,100 vs $378,000 in Erma).

Population, income & housing

	Avalon	Erma
Population	1,478	2,039
Median age	65.2 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$143,482	$93,674
Median home value	$1,756,100	$378,000
Median gross rent	$1,615	$1,576
Housing units	5,427	907
Homeownership rate	94.6%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.7%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avalon	Erma
Population	1,406 → 1,478 (+5.1%)	1,876 → 2,039 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$95,556 → $143,482 (+50.2%)	$84,803 → $93,674 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$1,192,600 → $1,756,100 (+47.2%)	$299,300 → $378,000 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,615 (+21.2%)	$1,194 → $1,576 (+32.0%)

Avalon

Population

1,4061,478

Median household income

$95,556$143,482

Median home value

$1,192,600$1,756,100

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,615

Erma

Population

1,8762,039

Median household income

$84,803$93,674

Median home value

$299,300$378,000

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avalon	Erma
Under 5	2.2%	10.0%
5 to 17	7.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	1.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	22.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	19.1%	11.2%
75 and over	31.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avalon	Erma
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	13.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avalon	Erma
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	10.7%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	43.5%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avalon	Erma
Drove alone	55.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	5.9%	4.4%
Worked from home	30.1%	7.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avalon	Erma
1-unit, detached	67.8%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	22.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Avalon	Erma
Poverty rate	3.7%	7.2%
Average household size	1.90	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1987	1977