Alpha vs Belvidere

A side-by-side comparison of Alpha and Belvidere: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belvidere has the higher population (2,526 vs 2,249 in Alpha). Belvidere has the higher median household income ($100,334 vs $83,125 in Alpha). Belvidere has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $250,400 in Alpha).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Belvidere
Population	2,249	2,526
Median age	43.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$100,334
Median home value	$250,400	$269,200
Median gross rent	$1,234	$997
Housing units	1,022	1,220
Homeownership rate	72.8%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Belvidere
Population	2,082 → 2,249 (+8.0%)	2,590 → 2,526 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$72,463 → $83,125 (+14.7%)	$59,250 → $100,334 (+69.3%)
Median home value	$193,700 → $250,400 (+29.3%)	$201,100 → $269,200 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $1,234 (+19.7%)	$954 → $997 (+4.5%)

Alpha

Population

2,0822,249

Median household income

$72,463$83,125

Median home value

$193,700$250,400

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,234

Belvidere

Population

2,5902,526

Median household income

$59,250$100,334

Median home value

$201,100$269,200

Median gross rent

$954$997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Belvidere
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	9.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	26.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.4%
75 and over	10.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Belvidere
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Belvidere
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Belvidere
Drove alone	77.6%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.1%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Belvidere
1-unit, detached	64.6%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	26.4%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	4.8%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpha	Belvidere
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1958	1938