Cookstown vs Wrightstown

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

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

Wrightstown has the higher population (522 vs 521 in Cookstown). Cookstown has the higher median household income ($110,938 vs $52,222 in Wrightstown). Cookstown has the higher median home value ($369,600 vs $224,000 in Wrightstown).

Population, income & housing

	Cookstown	Wrightstown
Population	521	522
Median age	41.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$110,938	$52,222
Median home value	$369,600	$224,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,114
Housing units	217	244
Homeownership rate	96.3%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cookstown	Wrightstown
Population	1,040 → 521 (-49.9%)	701 → 522 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$105,313 → $110,938 (+5.3%)	$46,833 → $52,222 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$238,700 → $369,600 (+54.8%)	$150,000 → $224,000 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$946 → $1,114 (+17.8%)

Cookstown

Population

1,040521

Median household income

$105,313$110,938

Median home value

$238,700$369,600

Wrightstown

Population

701522

Median household income

$46,833$52,222

Median home value

$150,000$224,000

Median gross rent

$946$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cookstown	Wrightstown
Under 5	9.8%	12.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	14.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.7%
75 and over	6.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cookstown	Wrightstown
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	43.7%
Black or African American	4.4%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cookstown	Wrightstown
No high school diploma	7.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cookstown	Wrightstown
Drove alone	88.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	10.2%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cookstown	Wrightstown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	36.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cookstown	Wrightstown
Poverty rate	4.7%	15.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1986	1971