Blairstown vs Mount Hermon

A side-by-side comparison of Blairstown and Mount Hermon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blairstown has the higher population (258 vs 237 in Mount Hermon). Blairstown has the higher median household income ($127,891 vs $71,250 in Mount Hermon). Mount Hermon has the higher median home value ($396,900 vs $340,300 in Blairstown).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Mount Hermon
Population	258	237
Median age	51.2 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$127,891	$71,250
Median home value	$340,300	$396,900
Housing units	196	96
Homeownership rate	59.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Mount Hermon
Population	343 → 258 (-24.8%)	120 → 237 (+97.5%)
Median household income	—	$91,500 → $71,250 (-22.1%)
Median home value	—	$328,600 → $396,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,344 → $1,256 (-6.5%)	—

Blairstown

Population

343258

Median gross rent

$1,344$1,256

Mount Hermon

Population

120237

Median household income

$91,500$71,250

Median home value

$328,600$396,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairstown	Mount Hermon
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	4.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	19.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	24.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	34.9%	26.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.9%
75 and over	0.0%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Mount Hermon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	87.3%
Black or African American	12.4%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Mount Hermon
No high school diploma	27.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	5.3%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	45.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Mount Hermon
Drove alone	54.7%	40.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	52.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	33.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Mount Hermon
1-unit, detached	27.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	72.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Mount Hermon
Poverty rate	26.0%	11.8%
Average household size	1.22	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1938	1968