Alpha vs Brass Castle

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

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

Alpha has the higher population (2,249 vs 1,844 in Brass Castle). Brass Castle has the higher median household income ($144,865 vs $83,125 in Alpha). Brass Castle has the higher median home value ($419,600 vs $250,400 in Alpha).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Brass Castle
Population	2,249	1,844
Median age	43.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$144,865
Median home value	$250,400	$419,600
Median gross rent	$1,234	—
Housing units	1,022	645
Homeownership rate	72.8%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	59.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Brass Castle
Population	2,082 → 2,249 (+8.0%)	1,834 → 1,844 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$72,463 → $83,125 (+14.7%)	$110,405 → $144,865 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$193,700 → $250,400 (+29.3%)	$304,400 → $419,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $1,234 (+19.7%)	$2,558 → $2,461 (-3.8%)

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

Brass Castle

Population

1,8341,844

Median household income

$110,405$144,865

Median home value

$304,400$419,600

Median gross rent

$2,558$2,461

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Brass Castle
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	28.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	3.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	16.1%
75 and over	10.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Brass Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	58.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	20.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Brass Castle
No high school diploma	9.2%	0.3%
High school graduate	34.4%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	46.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Brass Castle
Drove alone	77.6%	67.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	27.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Brass Castle
1-unit, detached	64.6%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpha	Brass Castle
Poverty rate	7.0%	4.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1958	1968