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Garwood, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Garwood, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,226. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet GARWOOD-NJ · Garwood, NJ 1 ZIPs · 4,226 pop · #2998/25278 · Union County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $110,670
  • RANK-TOP #2998/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Hillside
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 54% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,226
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $533,300

Nearest income peer: Hillside, NJ ( $11,142 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Garwood

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Garwood on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Garwood, NJ sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,226
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$110,670
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $110,670 and home value $533,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 45.2%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (54.4%) for this income tier, rent $1,753 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within New Jersey, Longport is the closest lower-income city and Woodstown the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Garwood.

Population concentration

Garwood's single ZIP 07027 carries the town

Garwood is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 07027 is the entire residential footprint (4,226 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Garwood's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 163 establishments, 1,950 employees , annual payroll $81,223k (~39 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07027 (163 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (28) · also Accommodation and food services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Garwood, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Union County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Garwood. See the Union County roll-up →

Garwood lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Union County: Union, Westfield and Scotch Plains earn more and Elizabeth, Plainfield and Linden earn less. Westfield marks the far end of that range at $232,629, 110% above Garwood.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07027 4,226 $110,670 163 2,506
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Garwood roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Garwood, .