Malaga vs Newfield

A side-by-side comparison of Malaga and Newfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newfield has the higher population (1,811 vs 1,612 in Malaga). Malaga has the higher median household income ($107,875 vs $105,000 in Newfield). Newfield has the higher median home value ($238,600 vs $228,500 in Malaga).

Population, income & housing

	Malaga	Newfield
Population	1,612	1,811
Median age	37.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$107,875	$105,000
Median home value	$228,500	$238,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,438
Housing units	617	664
Homeownership rate	82.4%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malaga	Newfield
Population	1,683 → 1,612 (-4.2%)	1,521 → 1,811 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$61,042 → $107,875 (+76.7%)	$71,875 → $105,000 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$176,100 → $228,500 (+29.8%)	$190,100 → $238,600 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,563 → $1,438 (-8.0%)

Malaga

Population

1,6831,612

Median household income

$61,042$107,875

Median home value

$176,100$228,500

Newfield

Population

1,5211,811

Median household income

$71,875$105,000

Median home value

$190,100$238,600

Median gross rent

$1,563$1,438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malaga	Newfield
Under 5	3.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	16.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.1%
75 and over	0.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malaga	Newfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	80.2%
Black or African American	6.1%	2.8%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malaga	Newfield
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	49.1%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malaga	Newfield
Drove alone	87.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malaga	Newfield
1-unit, detached	97.6%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malaga	Newfield
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.9%
Average household size	2.83	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1964	1974