Elmer vs Hancocks Bridge

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

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

Elmer has the higher population (1,152 vs 296 in Hancocks Bridge). Elmer has the higher median household income ($92,757 vs $85,000 in Hancocks Bridge). Elmer has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $134,700 in Hancocks Bridge).

Population, income & housing

	Elmer	Hancocks Bridge
Population	1,152	296
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,757	$85,000
Median home value	$206,300	$134,700
Median gross rent	$1,627	$1,714
Housing units	493	144
Homeownership rate	64.2%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmer	Hancocks Bridge
Population	1,436 → 1,152 (-19.8%)	198 → 296 (+49.5%)
Median household income	$77,734 → $92,757 (+19.3%)	$101,964 → $85,000 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$192,200 → $206,300 (+7.3%)	$165,000 → $134,700 (-18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,296 → $1,627 (+25.5%)	$1,185 → $1,714 (+44.6%)

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

Hancocks Bridge

Population

198296

Median household income

$101,964$85,000

Median home value

$165,000$134,700

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmer	Hancocks Bridge
Under 5	3.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	13.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	3.0%
35 to 44	19.7%	32.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	27.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	3.4%
75 and over	7.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmer	Hancocks Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmer	Hancocks Bridge
No high school diploma	9.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	36.8%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmer	Hancocks Bridge
Drove alone	76.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.4%
Other means	0.6%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmer	Hancocks Bridge
1-unit, detached	76.5%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmer	Hancocks Bridge
Poverty rate	5.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938