Newfield vs Thorofare

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

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

Thorofare has the higher population (2,419 vs 1,811 in Newfield). Newfield has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $87,344 in Thorofare). Thorofare has the higher median home value ($272,700 vs $238,600 in Newfield).

Population, income & housing

	Newfield	Thorofare
Population	1,811	2,419
Median age	43.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,000	$87,344
Median home value	$238,600	$272,700
Median gross rent	$1,438	$1,868
Housing units	664	1,237
Homeownership rate	91.1%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newfield	Thorofare
Population	1,521 → 1,811 (+19.1%)	2,576 → 2,419 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $105,000 (+46.1%)	$61,833 → $87,344 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$190,100 → $238,600 (+25.5%)	$212,600 → $272,700 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,563 → $1,438 (-8.0%)	$1,583 → $1,868 (+18.0%)

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

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)

	Newfield	Thorofare
Under 5	5.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	5.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	17.4%
75 and over	4.8%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newfield	Thorofare
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	87.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	4.0%
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	0.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newfield	Thorofare
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newfield	Thorofare
Drove alone	82.0%	80.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.7%
Walked	0.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.6%
Other means	0.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newfield	Thorofare
1-unit, detached	92.6%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newfield	Thorofare
Poverty rate	3.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.72	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1974	2000