Dumont vs North Arlington

A side-by-side comparison of Dumont and North Arlington: population, income, housing, and more.

Dumont and North Arlington 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 16,368 in North Arlington). Dumont has the higher median household income ($125,585 vs $101,493 in North Arlington). Dumont has the higher median home value ($469,900 vs $464,700 in North Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Dumont	North Arlington
Population	18,072	16,368
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,585	$101,493
Median home value	$469,900	$464,700
Median gross rent	$1,778	$1,706
Housing units	6,781	6,986
Homeownership rate	72.2%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumont	North Arlington
Population	17,624 → 18,072 (+2.5%)	15,677 → 16,368 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$100,219 → $125,585 (+25.3%)	$84,527 → $101,493 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $469,900 (+24.9%)	$363,400 → $464,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,306 → $1,778 (+36.1%)	$1,375 → $1,706 (+24.1%)

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

North Arlington

Population

15,67716,368

Median household income

$84,527$101,493

Median home value

$363,400$464,700

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumont	North Arlington
Under 5	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	20.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.7%
75 and over	7.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumont	North Arlington
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	53.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	20.9%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	31.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumont	North Arlington
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumont	North Arlington
Drove alone	70.6%	65.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.9%
Public transit	7.7%	13.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	10.7%
Other means	0.3%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumont	North Arlington
1-unit, detached	70.1%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	39.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	14.4%
20 or more units	11.1%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dumont	North Arlington
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.78	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1952	1954