Cumberland-Hesstown vs Fortescue

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland-Hesstown and Fortescue: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cumberland-Hesstown has the higher population (152 vs 141 in Fortescue). Cumberland-Hesstown has the higher median home value ($217,100 vs $204,400 in Fortescue). Since 2019, Fortescue's population has grown faster (+25.9% vs -37.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland-Hesstown	Fortescue
Population	152	141
Median age	33.5 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,250
Median home value	$217,100	$204,400
Housing units	95	292
Homeownership rate	76.8%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	21.8%	25.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland-Hesstown	Fortescue
Population	244 → 152 (-37.7%)	112 → 141 (+25.9%)
Median household income	—	$28,036 → $46,250 (+65.0%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $217,100 (-0.1%)	$191,100 → $204,400 (+7.0%)

Cumberland-Hesstown

Population

244152

Median home value

$217,300$217,100

Fortescue

Population

112141

Median household income

$28,036$46,250

Median home value

$191,100$204,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland-Hesstown	Fortescue
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	33.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	7.1%
55 to 64	20.4%	46.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.2%
75 and over	9.2%	27.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland-Hesstown	Fortescue
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland-Hesstown	Fortescue
No high school diploma	4.2%	13.5%
High school graduate	61.7%	66.7%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland-Hesstown	Fortescue
Drove alone	72.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	27.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland-Hesstown	Fortescue
1-unit, detached	89.5%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland-Hesstown	Fortescue
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.60	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1982	1969