Garwood vs Union

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

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

Garwood has the higher population (4,688 vs 3,284 in Union). Union has the higher median household income ($127,411 vs $100,948 in Garwood). Garwood has the higher median home value ($509,800 vs $451,500 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Garwood	Union
Population	4,688	3,284
Median age	42.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,948	$127,411
Median home value	$509,800	$451,500
Median gross rent	$1,603	$1,695
Housing units	2,093	1,182
Homeownership rate	54.8%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garwood	Union
Population	4,338 → 4,688 (+8.1%)	2,591 → 3,284 (+26.7%)
Median household income	$88,892 → $100,948 (+13.6%)	$92,232 → $127,411 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$380,800 → $509,800 (+33.9%)	$363,400 → $451,500 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,551 → $1,603 (+3.4%)	$1,426 → $1,695 (+18.9%)

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

Union

Population

2,5913,284

Median household income

$92,232$127,411

Median home value

$363,400$451,500

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garwood	Union
Under 5	4.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	8.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	25.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	20.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	3.7%
75 and over	11.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garwood	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	11.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	50.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	6.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garwood	Union
No high school diploma	4.2%	23.3%
High school graduate	26.7%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garwood	Union
Drove alone	68.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.9%
Public transit	7.8%	7.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garwood	Union
1-unit, detached	44.8%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	37.5%	40.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	10.4%
20 or more units	10.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garwood	Union
Poverty rate	9.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1953	1946