Alpine vs Rockleigh

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

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

Alpine has the higher population (1,503 vs 519 in Rockleigh). Alpine has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $166,875 in Rockleigh). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Rockleigh
Population	1,503	519
Median age	50.4 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$166,875
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,357	—
Housing units	593	89
Homeownership rate	93.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.8%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Rockleigh
Population	1,547 → 1,503 (-2.8%)	625 → 519 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$130,962 → $250,001 (+90.9%)	$190,833 → $166,875 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$1,737,500 → $2,000,001 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $2,357 (+111.0%)	$1,125 → $1,375 (+22.2%)

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

Rockleigh

Population

625519

Median household income

$190,833$166,875

Median home value

$1,737,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Rockleigh
Under 5	4.7%	0.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	8.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	5.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	21.2%	12.9%
75 and over	10.9%	42.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Rockleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	82.3%
Black or African American	4.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	29.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Rockleigh
No high school diploma	2.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	8.0%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.0%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Rockleigh
Drove alone	65.6%	62.3%
Carpooled	12.9%	4.4%
Public transit	4.5%	2.6%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	28.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Rockleigh
1-unit, detached	93.8%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Rockleigh
Poverty rate	3.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.91	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1982	1966