Alpine vs Moonachie

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Moonachie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moonachie has the higher population (3,106 vs 1,503 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $108,359 in Moonachie). Alpine has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $450,800 in Moonachie).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Moonachie
Population	1,503	3,106
Median age	50.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$108,359
Median home value	$2,000,001	$450,800
Median gross rent	$2,357	$1,131
Housing units	593	985
Homeownership rate	93.0%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.8%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Moonachie
Population	1,547 → 1,503 (-2.8%)	2,716 → 3,106 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$130,962 → $250,001 (+90.9%)	$66,976 → $108,359 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$360,100 → $450,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $2,357 (+111.0%)	$1,199 → $1,131 (-5.7%)

Alpine

Population

1,5471,503

Median household income

$130,962$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,117$2,357

Moonachie

Population

2,7163,106

Median household income

$66,976$108,359

Median home value

$360,100$450,800

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Moonachie
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	21.2%	10.1%
75 and over	10.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Moonachie
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	29.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	29.0%	13.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	55.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Moonachie
No high school diploma	2.1%	12.2%
High school graduate	8.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	45.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Moonachie
Drove alone	65.6%	64.3%
Carpooled	12.9%	20.6%
Public transit	4.5%	3.1%
Walked	1.9%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Moonachie
1-unit, detached	93.8%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	35.4%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Moonachie
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.0%
Average household size	2.91	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1982	1968