Gouldtown vs West Park

A side-by-side comparison of Gouldtown and West Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gouldtown has the higher population (1,555 vs 1,521 in West Park). West Park has the higher median household income ($73,397 vs $53,281 in Gouldtown). West Park has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $179,800 in Gouldtown).

Population, income & housing

	Gouldtown	West Park
Population	1,555	1,521
Median age	39.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,281	$73,397
Median home value	$179,800	$224,000
Median gross rent	$1,252	$1,282
Housing units	661	712
Homeownership rate	71.3%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gouldtown	West Park
Population	1,805 → 1,555 (-13.9%)	1,566 → 1,521 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$43,563 → $53,281 (+22.3%)	$64,868 → $73,397 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$159,200 → $179,800 (+12.9%)	$152,900 → $224,000 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,252 (+21.1%)	$803 → $1,282 (+59.7%)

Gouldtown

Population

1,8051,555

Median household income

$43,563$53,281

Median home value

$159,200$179,800

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,252

West Park

Population

1,5661,521

Median household income

$64,868$73,397

Median home value

$152,900$224,000

Median gross rent

$803$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gouldtown	West Park
Under 5	8.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	6.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.8%
75 and over	6.6%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gouldtown	West Park
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	57.1%
Black or African American	66.2%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	1.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	3.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	24.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gouldtown	West Park
No high school diploma	19.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	48.7%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gouldtown	West Park
Drove alone	67.2%	87.4%
Carpooled	21.6%	7.3%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gouldtown	West Park
1-unit, detached	72.6%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Gouldtown	West Park
Poverty rate	7.4%	17.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1974	1963