Ampere North vs Essex Fells

A side-by-side comparison of Ampere North and Essex Fells: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ampere North has the higher population (4,968 vs 2,320 in Essex Fells). Essex Fells has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $71,192 in Ampere North). Essex Fells has the higher median home value ($976,300 vs $358,000 in Ampere North).

Population, income & housing

	Ampere North	Essex Fells
Population	4,968	2,320
Median age	34.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,192	$250,001
Median home value	$358,000	$976,300
Median gross rent	$1,720	$3,501
Housing units	1,776	792
Homeownership rate	55.0%	96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	81.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ampere North	Essex Fells
Population	5,145 → 4,968 (-3.4%)	2,110 → 2,320 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$72,935 → $71,192 (-2.4%)	$213,088 → $250,001 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$254,900 → $358,000 (+40.4%)	$849,000 → $976,300 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,720 (+27.7%)	$2,250 → $3,501 (+55.6%)

Ampere North

Population

5,1454,968

Median household income

$72,935$71,192

Median home value

$254,900$358,000

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,720

Essex Fells

Population

2,1102,320

Median household income

$213,088$250,001

Median home value

$849,000$976,300

Median gross rent

$2,250$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ampere North	Essex Fells
Under 5	8.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	27.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	3.8%
35 to 44	19.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.8%
75 and over	3.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ampere North	Essex Fells
White (non-Hispanic)	17.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	25.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.2%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ampere North	Essex Fells
No high school diploma	17.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	9.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	41.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	39.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ampere North	Essex Fells
Drove alone	49.1%	57.1%
Carpooled	20.9%	0.7%
Public transit	17.2%	7.7%
Walked	6.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	32.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ampere North	Essex Fells
1-unit, detached	29.4%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	54.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ampere North	Essex Fells
Poverty rate	19.6%	0.4%
Average household size	2.90	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1938	1952