Cumberland County vs Salem County

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland County and Salem County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cumberland County and Salem County are counties in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cumberland County has the higher population (152,915 vs 64,973 in Salem County). Salem County has the higher median household income ($78,412 vs $64,499 in Cumberland County). Salem County has the higher median home value ($223,000 vs $205,600 in Cumberland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland County	Salem County
Population	152,915	64,973
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,499	$78,412
Median home value	$205,600	$223,000
Median gross rent	$1,254	$1,185
Housing units	57,203	27,740
Homeownership rate	65.6%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland County	Salem County
Population	151,906 → 152,915 (+0.7%)	62,990 → 64,973 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$54,149 → $64,499 (+19.1%)	$66,842 → $78,412 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $205,600 (+26.5%)	$184,600 → $223,000 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,254 (+17.3%)	$1,019 → $1,185 (+16.3%)

Cumberland County

Population

151,906152,915

Median household income

$54,149$64,499

Median home value

$162,500$205,600

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,254

Salem County

Population

62,99064,973

Median household income

$66,842$78,412

Median home value

$184,600$223,000

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland County	Salem County
Under 5	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.2%
75 and over	6.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland County	Salem County
White (non-Hispanic)	41.9%	71.0%
Black or African American	17.1%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland County	Salem County
No high school diploma	18.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	39.1%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland County	Salem County
Drove alone	78.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland County	Salem County
1-unit, detached	67.0%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	5.5%
20 or more units	6.5%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland County	Salem County
Poverty rate	16.3%	12.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1968	1963