Garwood vs Kenilworth

A side-by-side comparison of Garwood and Kenilworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kenilworth has the higher population (8,339 vs 4,688 in Garwood). Kenilworth has the higher median household income ($126,295 vs $100,948 in Garwood). Kenilworth has the higher median home value ($521,100 vs $509,800 in Garwood).

Population, income & housing

	Garwood	Kenilworth
Population	4,688	8,339
Median age	42.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,948	$126,295
Median home value	$509,800	$521,100
Median gross rent	$1,603	$2,119
Housing units	2,093	3,058
Homeownership rate	54.8%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garwood	Kenilworth
Population	4,338 → 4,688 (+8.1%)	8,161 → 8,339 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$88,892 → $100,948 (+13.6%)	$93,208 → $126,295 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$380,800 → $509,800 (+33.9%)	$345,500 → $521,100 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,551 → $1,603 (+3.4%)	$1,521 → $2,119 (+39.3%)

Garwood

Population

4,3384,688

Median household income

$88,892$100,948

Median home value

$380,800$509,800

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,603

Kenilworth

Population

8,1618,339

Median household income

$93,208$126,295

Median home value

$345,500$521,100

Median gross rent

$1,521$2,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garwood	Kenilworth
Under 5	4.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.5%
75 and over	11.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garwood	Kenilworth
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	60.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	4.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garwood	Kenilworth
No high school diploma	4.2%	9.5%
High school graduate	26.7%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garwood	Kenilworth
Drove alone	68.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.9%
Public transit	7.8%	0.8%
Walked	3.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.4%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garwood	Kenilworth
1-unit, detached	44.8%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	37.5%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	10.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garwood	Kenilworth
Poverty rate	9.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1953	1955