Othello vs Sheppards Mill

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

Othello 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.

Othello has the higher population (100 vs 71 in Sheppards Mill). Sheppards Mill has the higher median household income ($110,500 vs $85,000 in Othello). Othello has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $187,500 in Sheppards Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Othello	Sheppards Mill
Population	100	71
Median age	69.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$110,500
Median home value	$240,400	$187,500
Housing units	58	30
Homeownership rate	94.8%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Othello	Sheppards Mill
Population	115 → 100 (-13.0%)	65 → 71 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$85,000 → $85,000 (+0.0%)	$76,250 → $110,500 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$245,000 → $240,400 (-1.9%)	$132,500 → $187,500 (+41.5%)

Othello

Population

115100

Median household income

$85,000$85,000

Median home value

$245,000$240,400

Sheppards Mill

Population

6571

Median household income

$76,250$110,500

Median home value

$132,500$187,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Othello	Sheppards Mill
Under 5	3.0%	21.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.1%
25 to 34	4.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	2.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	29.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	35.0%	7.0%
75 and over	27.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Othello	Sheppards Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	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+

	Othello	Sheppards Mill
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	25.8%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Othello	Sheppards Mill
Drove alone	83.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Othello	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

	Othello	Sheppards Mill
Poverty rate	8.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.72	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	41	34
Median year structure built	1943	1955