Centre Grove vs Port Norris

A side-by-side comparison of Centre Grove and Port Norris: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Norris has the higher population (1,702 vs 1,371 in Centre Grove). Centre Grove has the higher median household income ($104,028 vs $42,635 in Port Norris). Centre Grove has the higher median home value ($209,300 vs $120,100 in Port Norris).

Population, income & housing

	Centre Grove	Port Norris
Population	1,371	1,702
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,028	$42,635
Median home value	$209,300	$120,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,715
Housing units	575	727
Homeownership rate	91.2%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centre Grove	Port Norris
Population	1,158 → 1,371 (+18.4%)	1,037 → 1,702 (+64.1%)
Median household income	$112,292 → $104,028 (-7.4%)	$43,333 → $42,635 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$202,400 → $209,300 (+3.4%)	$118,900 → $120,100 (+1.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,342 → $1,715 (+27.8%)

Centre Grove

Population

1,1581,371

Median household income

$112,292$104,028

Median home value

$202,400$209,300

Port Norris

Population

1,0371,702

Median household income

$43,333$42,635

Median home value

$118,900$120,100

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centre Grove	Port Norris
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	21.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	19.9%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	6.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.6%
75 and over	2.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centre Grove	Port Norris
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	71.3%
Black or African American	7.1%	27.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centre Grove	Port Norris
No high school diploma	9.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centre Grove	Port Norris
Drove alone	92.6%	72.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	5.5%
Other means	3.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centre Grove	Port Norris
1-unit, detached	96.9%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Centre Grove	Port Norris
Poverty rate	4.9%	14.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1984	1945