Alloway vs Elmer

A side-by-side comparison of Alloway and Elmer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alloway has the higher population (1,473 vs 1,152 in Elmer). Alloway has the higher median household income ($138,260 vs $92,757 in Elmer). Alloway has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $206,300 in Elmer).

Population, income & housing

	Alloway	Elmer
Population	1,473	1,152
Median age	50.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$138,260	$92,757
Median home value	$282,500	$206,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,627
Housing units	563	493
Homeownership rate	98.0%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alloway	Elmer
Population	1,342 → 1,473 (+9.8%)	1,436 → 1,152 (-19.8%)
Median household income	$80,156 → $138,260 (+72.5%)	$77,734 → $92,757 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$202,400 → $282,500 (+39.6%)	$192,200 → $206,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,578 (+51.4%)	$1,296 → $1,627 (+25.5%)

Alloway

Population

1,3421,473

Median household income

$80,156$138,260

Median home value

$202,400$282,500

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,578

Elmer

Population

1,4361,152

Median household income

$77,734$92,757

Median home value

$192,200$206,300

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alloway	Elmer
Under 5	1.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	19.7%
45 to 54	25.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	7.5%
75 and over	4.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alloway	Elmer
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alloway	Elmer
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	41.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alloway	Elmer
Drove alone	85.0%	76.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.5%
Other means	6.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alloway	Elmer
1-unit, detached	100.0%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Alloway	Elmer
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1979	1938