Califon vs Three Bridges

A side-by-side comparison of Califon and Three Bridges: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Califon has the higher population (1,065 vs 564 in Three Bridges). Three Bridges has the higher median home value ($525,900 vs $416,900 in Califon). Since 2019, Three Bridges's population has grown faster (+31.5% vs -6.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Califon	Three Bridges
Population	1,065	564
Median age	40.9 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$130,938	—
Median home value	$416,900	$525,900
Median gross rent	$1,438	—
Housing units	443	179
Homeownership rate	87.1%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Califon	Three Bridges
Population	1,139 → 1,065 (-6.5%)	429 → 564 (+31.5%)
Median household income	$97,019 → $130,938 (+35.0%)	—
Median home value	$353,800 → $416,900 (+17.8%)	$316,700 → $525,900 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,438 (+28.4%)	—

Califon

Population

1,1391,065

Median household income

$97,019$130,938

Median home value

$353,800$416,900

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,438

Three Bridges

Population

429564

Median home value

$316,700$525,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Califon	Three Bridges
Under 5	2.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	26.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	1.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	41.5%
45 to 54	17.3%	4.8%
55 to 64	16.2%	3.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	3.2%
75 and over	4.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Califon	Three Bridges
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	32.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Califon	Three Bridges
No high school diploma	1.9%	54.3%
High school graduate	18.8%	4.7%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Califon	Three Bridges
Drove alone	76.3%	95.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Califon	Three Bridges
1-unit, detached	89.4%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Califon	Three Bridges
Poverty rate	8.8%	4.1%
Average household size	2.40	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1958	1970