Dorchester vs Sheppards Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Dorchester and Sheppards Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dorchester has the higher population (78 vs 71 in Sheppards Mill). Sheppards Mill has the higher median household income ($110,500 vs $100,875 in Dorchester). Since 2019, Sheppards Mill's population has grown faster (+9.2% vs -64.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Dorchester	Sheppards Mill
Population	78	71
Median age	63.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,875	$110,500
Median home value	—	$187,500
Housing units	58	30
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorchester	Sheppards Mill
Population	222 → 78 (-64.9%)	65 → 71 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$20,150 → $100,875 (+400.6%)	$76,250 → $110,500 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $138,000 (-0.6%)	$132,500 → $187,500 (+41.5%)

Dorchester

Population

22278

Median household income

$20,150$100,875

Median home value

$138,800$138,000

Sheppards Mill

Population

6571

Median household income

$76,250$110,500

Median home value

$132,500$187,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorchester	Sheppards Mill
Under 5	0.0%	21.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	14.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	29.6%
55 to 64	51.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	17.9%	7.0%
75 and over	11.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorchester	Sheppards Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorchester	Sheppards Mill
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorchester	Sheppards Mill
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorchester	Sheppards Mill
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorchester	Sheppards Mill
Poverty rate	35.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1941	1955