Belvidere vs Upper Pohatcong

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

Belvidere and Upper Pohatcong 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 1,851 in Upper Pohatcong). Upper Pohatcong has the higher median household income ($101,338 vs $100,334 in Belvidere). Belvidere has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $238,400 in Upper Pohatcong).

Population, income & housing

	Belvidere	Upper Pohatcong
Population	2,526	1,851
Median age	47.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,334	$101,338
Median home value	$269,200	$238,400
Median gross rent	$997	$1,556
Housing units	1,220	725
Homeownership rate	53.3%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belvidere	Upper Pohatcong
Population	2,590 → 2,526 (-2.5%)	1,830 → 1,851 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$59,250 → $100,334 (+69.3%)	$94,141 → $101,338 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$201,100 → $269,200 (+33.9%)	$190,400 → $238,400 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $997 (+4.5%)	$1,311 → $1,556 (+18.7%)

Belvidere

Population

2,5902,526

Median household income

$59,250$100,334

Median home value

$201,100$269,200

Median gross rent

$954$997

Upper Pohatcong

Population

1,8301,851

Median household income

$94,141$101,338

Median home value

$190,400$238,400

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belvidere	Upper Pohatcong
Under 5	6.1%	10.2%
5 to 17	9.2%	7.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	22.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	26.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.2%
75 and over	5.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belvidere	Upper Pohatcong
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belvidere	Upper Pohatcong
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	40.1%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belvidere	Upper Pohatcong
Drove alone	74.4%	88.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	12.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	8.4%
Other means	1.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belvidere	Upper Pohatcong
1-unit, detached	57.1%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	3.4%
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	Upper Pohatcong
Poverty rate	9.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.09	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1938	1956