With 11,737 people, Bellmawr is a city in New Jersey. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. There are 3,933 people per square mile. Households here earn about 26% less than in New Jersey as a whole. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $239,400. 93% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,654, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 37%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bellmawr
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$213,366 → $239,400(+12%)US over the same years: +67%
White share96.5% → 68.9%(−27.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants69.3% → 64.2%(−5.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Bellmawr's population equals 2.2% of Camden County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.5% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.8%(80)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.9%(76)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.8%(161)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.1%(14)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 450 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Bellmawr, decade by decade
Bellmawr population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,603
$83,731
$213,366
8.3%
8.4
2000
11,262
$81,342
$174,332
10.4%
21.4
2010
11,583
$80,822
$274,623
12.5%
38.4
2020
11,707
$72,772
$205,319
18.0%
55.5
2024
11,737
$76,654
$239,400
23.6%
62.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
