Carlstadt vs Emerson

A side-by-side comparison of Carlstadt and Emerson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emerson has the higher population (7,263 vs 6,343 in Carlstadt). Emerson has the higher median household income ($153,963 vs $94,854 in Carlstadt). Emerson has the higher median home value ($626,000 vs $523,800 in Carlstadt).

Population, income & housing

	Carlstadt	Emerson
Population	6,343	7,263
Median age	44.0 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,854	$153,963
Median home value	$523,800	$626,000
Median gross rent	$1,503	$1,926
Housing units	2,733	2,641
Homeownership rate	61.0%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlstadt	Emerson
Population	6,178 → 6,343 (+2.7%)	7,596 → 7,263 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$88,827 → $94,854 (+6.8%)	$128,093 → $153,963 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$408,600 → $523,800 (+28.2%)	$492,000 → $626,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,503 (+16.5%)	$1,847 → $1,926 (+4.3%)

Carlstadt

Population

6,1786,343

Median household income

$88,827$94,854

Median home value

$408,600$523,800

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,503

Emerson

Population

7,5967,263

Median household income

$128,093$153,963

Median home value

$492,000$626,000

Median gross rent

$1,847$1,926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlstadt	Emerson
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	6.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	16.2%
75 and over	6.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlstadt	Emerson
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlstadt	Emerson
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlstadt	Emerson
Drove alone	59.5%	68.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.2%
Public transit	17.9%	6.7%
Walked	3.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.0%	16.1%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlstadt	Emerson
1-unit, detached	48.3%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	42.2%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlstadt	Emerson
Poverty rate	10.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1954	1960