Cookstown vs Pemberton

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

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

Pemberton has the higher population (1,373 vs 521 in Cookstown). Cookstown has the higher median household income ($110,938 vs $88,333 in Pemberton). Cookstown has the higher median home value ($369,600 vs $303,200 in Pemberton).

Population, income & housing

	Cookstown	Pemberton
Population	521	1,373
Median age	41.4 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,938	$88,333
Median home value	$369,600	$303,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,310
Housing units	217	564
Homeownership rate	96.3%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cookstown	Pemberton
Population	1,040 → 521 (-49.9%)	1,499 → 1,373 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$105,313 → $110,938 (+5.3%)	$66,354 → $88,333 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$238,700 → $369,600 (+54.8%)	$251,700 → $303,200 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,134 → $1,310 (+15.5%)

Cookstown

Population

1,040521

Median household income

$105,313$110,938

Median home value

$238,700$369,600

Pemberton

Population

1,4991,373

Median household income

$66,354$88,333

Median home value

$251,700$303,200

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cookstown	Pemberton
Under 5	9.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	11.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	18.3%
35 to 44	17.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.9%
75 and over	6.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cookstown	Pemberton
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	57.4%
Black or African American	4.4%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cookstown	Pemberton
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	30.4%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cookstown	Pemberton
Drove alone	88.2%	67.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	13.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cookstown	Pemberton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cookstown	Pemberton
Poverty rate	4.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1986	1956