National Park vs Thorofare

A side-by-side comparison of National Park and Thorofare: population, income, housing, and more.

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

National Park has the higher population (3,043 vs 2,419 in Thorofare). Thorofare has the higher median household income ($87,344 vs $81,507 in National Park). Thorofare has the higher median home value ($272,700 vs $207,400 in National Park).

Population, income & housing

	National Park	Thorofare
Population	3,043	2,419
Median age	40.9 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,507	$87,344
Median home value	$207,400	$272,700
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,868
Housing units	1,140	1,237
Homeownership rate	84.0%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	National Park	Thorofare
Population	2,959 → 3,043 (+2.8%)	2,576 → 2,419 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $81,507 (+24.2%)	$61,833 → $87,344 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$149,700 → $207,400 (+38.5%)	$212,600 → $272,700 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,380 (+20.7%)	$1,583 → $1,868 (+18.0%)

National Park

Population

2,9593,043

Median household income

$65,625$81,507

Median home value

$149,700$207,400

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,380

Thorofare

Population

2,5762,419

Median household income

$61,833$87,344

Median home value

$212,600$272,700

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	National Park	Thorofare
Under 5	6.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	5.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	17.4%
75 and over	3.7%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	National Park	Thorofare
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	87.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	National Park	Thorofare
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	41.1%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	National Park	Thorofare
Drove alone	76.7%	80.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.7%
Public transit	5.4%	4.7%
Walked	2.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	National Park	Thorofare
1-unit, detached	87.5%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	National Park	Thorofare
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1954	2000