Belle Mead vs Bernardsville

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Mead and Bernardsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bernardsville has the higher population (7,871 vs 6,772 in Belle Mead). Bernardsville has the higher median household income ($231,006 vs $219,215 in Belle Mead). Belle Mead has the higher median home value ($777,600 vs $737,600 in Bernardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Mead	Bernardsville
Population	6,772	7,871
Median age	36.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$219,215	$231,006
Median home value	$777,600	$737,600
Median gross rent	$2,645	$2,155
Housing units	2,121	2,787
Homeownership rate	64.4%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.9%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Mead	Bernardsville
Population	203 → 6,772 (+3236.0%)	7,678 → 7,871 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$97,625 → $219,215 (+124.5%)	$165,052 → $231,006 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$293,200 → $777,600 (+165.2%)	$681,500 → $737,600 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,197 → $2,645 (+20.4%)	$1,787 → $2,155 (+20.6%)

Belle Mead

Population

2036,772

Median household income

$97,625$219,215

Median home value

$293,200$777,600

Median gross rent

$2,197$2,645

Bernardsville

Population

7,6787,871

Median household income

$165,052$231,006

Median home value

$681,500$737,600

Median gross rent

$1,787$2,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Mead	Bernardsville
Under 5	6.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	26.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	21.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	7.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	4.7%	12.2%
75 and over	2.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Mead	Bernardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	64.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Mead	Bernardsville
No high school diploma	3.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	4.2%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	9.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Mead	Bernardsville
Drove alone	49.6%	60.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.8%
Public transit	4.5%	3.8%
Walked	1.4%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.0%	23.3%
Other means	3.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Mead	Bernardsville
1-unit, detached	56.8%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Mead	Bernardsville
Poverty rate	2.7%	1.0%
Average household size	3.19	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	39	28
Median year structure built	2001	1964