Demarest vs Harrington Park

A side-by-side comparison of Demarest and Harrington Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Demarest has the higher population (4,916 vs 4,883 in Harrington Park). Harrington Park has the higher median household income ($180,515 vs $175,078 in Demarest). Demarest has the higher median home value ($965,400 vs $709,200 in Harrington Park).

Population, income & housing

	Demarest	Harrington Park
Population	4,916	4,883
Median age	45.9 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$175,078	$180,515
Median home value	$965,400	$709,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	1,746	1,858
Homeownership rate	89.7%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Demarest	Harrington Park
Population	4,942 → 4,916 (-0.5%)	4,753 → 4,883 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$154,500 → $175,078 (+13.3%)	$134,688 → $180,515 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$681,500 → $965,400 (+41.7%)	$601,200 → $709,200 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,773 → $3,501 (+26.3%)	$2,514 → $3,501 (+39.3%)

Demarest

Population

4,9424,916

Median household income

$154,500$175,078

Median home value

$681,500$965,400

Median gross rent

$2,773$3,501

Harrington Park

Population

4,7534,883

Median household income

$134,688$180,515

Median home value

$601,200$709,200

Median gross rent

$2,514$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Demarest	Harrington Park
Under 5	5.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	2.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.2%
75 and over	5.3%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Demarest	Harrington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	69.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.5%	19.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Demarest	Harrington Park
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	7.5%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Demarest	Harrington Park
Drove alone	58.8%	67.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.5%
Public transit	8.5%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	20.5%
Other means	4.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Demarest	Harrington Park
1-unit, detached	97.4%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Demarest	Harrington Park
Poverty rate	0.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.89	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	40	32
Median year structure built	1964	1963