Brainards vs Marksboro

A side-by-side comparison of Brainards and Marksboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brainards has the higher population (172 vs 156 in Marksboro). Brainards has the higher median household income ($170,302 vs $119,063 in Marksboro). Marksboro has the higher median home value ($330,800 vs $121,600 in Brainards).

Population, income & housing

	Brainards	Marksboro
Population	172	156
Median age	58.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$170,302	$119,063
Median home value	$121,600	$330,800
Housing units	65	91
Homeownership rate	76.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brainards	Marksboro
Population	236 → 172 (-27.1%)	136 → 156 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$91,042 → $170,302 (+87.1%)	$117,500 → $119,063 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$167,000 → $121,600 (-27.2%)	$140,600 → $330,800 (+135.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,458 (+1.4%)	—

Brainards

Population

236172

Median household income

$91,042$170,302

Median home value

$167,000$121,600

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,458

Marksboro

Population

136156

Median household income

$117,500$119,063

Median home value

$140,600$330,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brainards	Marksboro
Under 5	0.0%	14.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	3.5%	18.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	28.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	44.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.6%
75 and over	3.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brainards	Marksboro
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brainards	Marksboro
No high school diploma	11.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	44.4%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	6.9%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brainards	Marksboro
Drove alone	95.8%	81.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brainards	Marksboro
1-unit, detached	86.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	13.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Brainards	Marksboro
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.65	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	46	35
Median year structure built	1938	1951