Centre Grove vs West Park

A side-by-side comparison of Centre Grove and West Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Park has the higher population (1,521 vs 1,371 in Centre Grove). Centre Grove has the higher median household income ($104,028 vs $73,397 in West Park). West Park has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $209,300 in Centre Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Centre Grove	West Park
Population	1,371	1,521
Median age	38.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,028	$73,397
Median home value	$209,300	$224,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,282
Housing units	575	712
Homeownership rate	91.2%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centre Grove	West Park
Population	1,158 → 1,371 (+18.4%)	1,566 → 1,521 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$112,292 → $104,028 (-7.4%)	$64,868 → $73,397 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$202,400 → $209,300 (+3.4%)	$152,900 → $224,000 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$803 → $1,282 (+59.7%)

Centre Grove

Population

1,1581,371

Median household income

$112,292$104,028

Median home value

$202,400$209,300

West Park

Population

1,5661,521

Median household income

$64,868$73,397

Median home value

$152,900$224,000

Median gross rent

$803$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centre Grove	West Park
Under 5	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	21.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	19.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	6.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.8%
75 and over	2.8%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centre Grove	West Park
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	57.1%
Black or African American	7.1%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	24.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centre Grove	West Park
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centre Grove	West Park
Drove alone	92.6%	87.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	4.1%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centre Grove	West Park
1-unit, detached	96.9%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Centre Grove	West Park
Poverty rate	4.9%	17.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1984	1963