Dumont vs New Milford

A side-by-side comparison of Dumont and New Milford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dumont has the higher population (18,072 vs 16,882 in New Milford). Dumont has the higher median household income ($125,585 vs $113,513 in New Milford). New Milford has the higher median home value ($554,800 vs $469,900 in Dumont).

Population, income & housing

	Dumont	New Milford
Population	18,072	16,882
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,585	$113,513
Median home value	$469,900	$554,800
Median gross rent	$1,778	$1,722
Housing units	6,781	6,428
Homeownership rate	72.2%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumont	New Milford
Population	17,624 → 18,072 (+2.5%)	16,545 → 16,882 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$100,219 → $125,585 (+25.3%)	$94,344 → $113,513 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $469,900 (+24.9%)	$426,800 → $554,800 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,306 → $1,778 (+36.1%)	$1,438 → $1,722 (+19.7%)

Dumont

Population

17,62418,072

Median household income

$100,219$125,585

Median home value

$376,100$469,900

Median gross rent

$1,306$1,778

New Milford

Population

16,54516,882

Median household income

$94,344$113,513

Median home value

$426,800$554,800

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumont	New Milford
Under 5	5.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	20.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.8%
75 and over	7.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumont	New Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	47.6%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	20.9%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumont	New Milford
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	24.4%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumont	New Milford
Drove alone	70.6%	62.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.7%
Public transit	7.7%	7.8%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.1%	14.0%
Other means	0.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumont	New Milford
1-unit, detached	70.1%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.5%
20 or more units	11.1%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Dumont	New Milford
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1952	1953