Cookstown vs New Gretna

A side-by-side comparison of Cookstown and New Gretna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cookstown has the higher population (521 vs 249 in New Gretna). Cookstown has the higher median household income ($110,938 vs $93,438 in New Gretna). Cookstown has the higher median home value ($369,600 vs $289,700 in New Gretna).

Population, income & housing

	Cookstown	New Gretna
Population	521	249
Median age	41.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,938	$93,438
Median home value	$369,600	$289,700
Housing units	217	93
Homeownership rate	96.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cookstown	New Gretna
Population	1,040 → 521 (-49.9%)	360 → 249 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$105,313 → $110,938 (+5.3%)	$91,250 → $93,438 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$238,700 → $369,600 (+54.8%)	$218,800 → $289,700 (+32.4%)

Cookstown

Population

1,040521

Median household income

$105,313$110,938

Median home value

$238,700$369,600

New Gretna

Population

360249

Median household income

$91,250$93,438

Median home value

$218,800$289,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cookstown	New Gretna
Under 5	9.8%	11.2%
5 to 17	11.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	22.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	14.5%
75 and over	6.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cookstown	New Gretna
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cookstown	New Gretna
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	30.4%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cookstown	New Gretna
Drove alone	88.2%	86.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.2%
Other means	0.4%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cookstown	New Gretna
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cookstown	New Gretna
Poverty rate	4.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.40	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1986	1938