Belford vs Englishtown

A side-by-side comparison of Belford and Englishtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Englishtown has the higher population (2,075 vs 2,039 in Belford). Belford has the higher median household income ($121,406 vs $101,736 in Englishtown). Belford has the higher median home value ($491,100 vs $479,000 in Englishtown).

Population, income & housing

	Belford	Englishtown
Population	2,039	2,075
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$121,406	$101,736
Median home value	$491,100	$479,000
Median gross rent	$2,111	$2,003
Housing units	712	802
Homeownership rate	84.5%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belford	Englishtown
Population	2,129 → 2,039 (-4.2%)	2,119 → 2,075 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$156,250 → $121,406 (-22.3%)	$92,667 → $101,736 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$376,200 → $491,100 (+30.5%)	$316,900 → $479,000 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,920 → $2,111 (+9.9%)	$1,657 → $2,003 (+20.9%)

Belford

Population

2,1292,039

Median household income

$156,250$121,406

Median home value

$376,200$491,100

Median gross rent

$1,920$2,111

Englishtown

Population

2,1192,075

Median household income

$92,667$101,736

Median home value

$316,900$479,000

Median gross rent

$1,657$2,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belford	Englishtown
Under 5	10.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	7.3%
75 and over	2.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belford	Englishtown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	66.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belford	Englishtown
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	21.9%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belford	Englishtown
Drove alone	68.6%	70.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.4%
Public transit	9.2%	6.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	4.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belford	Englishtown
1-unit, detached	70.1%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	18.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Belford	Englishtown
Poverty rate	6.5%	14.6%
Average household size	2.99	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	40	36
Median year structure built	1978	1992