Belvidere vs Brass Castle

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

Belvidere 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.

Belvidere has the higher population (2,526 vs 1,844 in Brass Castle). Brass Castle has the higher median household income ($144,865 vs $100,334 in Belvidere). Brass Castle has the higher median home value ($419,600 vs $269,200 in Belvidere).

Population, income & housing

	Belvidere	Brass Castle
Population	2,526	1,844
Median age	47.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,334	$144,865
Median home value	$269,200	$419,600
Median gross rent	$997	—
Housing units	1,220	645
Homeownership rate	53.3%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	59.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belvidere	Brass Castle
Population	2,590 → 2,526 (-2.5%)	1,834 → 1,844 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$59,250 → $100,334 (+69.3%)	$110,405 → $144,865 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$201,100 → $269,200 (+33.9%)	$304,400 → $419,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $997 (+4.5%)	$2,558 → $2,461 (-3.8%)

Belvidere

Population

2,5902,526

Median household income

$59,250$100,334

Median home value

$201,100$269,200

Median gross rent

$954$997

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)

	Belvidere	Brass Castle
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.2%	28.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	3.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	26.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	16.1%
75 and over	5.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belvidere	Brass Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	58.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	20.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belvidere	Brass Castle
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.3%
High school graduate	40.1%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	46.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belvidere	Brass Castle
Drove alone	74.4%	67.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	12.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	27.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belvidere	Brass Castle
1-unit, detached	57.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belvidere	Brass Castle
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1938	1968