Upper Montclair vs Watsessing

A side-by-side comparison of Upper Montclair and Watsessing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upper Montclair has the higher population (12,279 vs 7,944 in Watsessing). Upper Montclair has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $94,301 in Watsessing). Upper Montclair has the higher median home value ($968,200 vs $418,500 in Watsessing).

Population, income & housing

	Upper Montclair	Watsessing
Population	12,279	7,944
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$94,301
Median home value	$968,200	$418,500
Median gross rent	$2,290	$1,997
Housing units	4,212	3,737
Homeownership rate	86.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.5%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Upper Montclair	Watsessing
Population	11,589 → 12,279 (+6.0%)	7,094 → 7,944 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$211,221 → $250,001 (+18.4%)	$72,681 → $94,301 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$766,100 → $968,200 (+26.4%)	$324,700 → $418,500 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,008 → $2,290 (+14.0%)	$1,559 → $1,997 (+28.1%)

Upper Montclair

Population

11,58912,279

Median household income

$211,221$250,001

Median home value

$766,100$968,200

Median gross rent

$2,008$2,290

Watsessing

Population

7,0947,944

Median household income

$72,681$94,301

Median home value

$324,700$418,500

Median gross rent

$1,559$1,997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Upper Montclair	Watsessing
Under 5	7.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	4.9%	22.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.6%
75 and over	3.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Upper Montclair	Watsessing
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	34.4%
Black or African American	4.7%	32.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Upper Montclair	Watsessing
No high school diploma	1.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	2.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	49.8%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Upper Montclair	Watsessing
Drove alone	33.6%	54.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	5.7%
Public transit	22.6%	16.5%
Walked	2.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.4%	19.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Upper Montclair	Watsessing
1-unit, detached	79.7%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	7.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	42.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Upper Montclair	Watsessing
Poverty rate	1.8%	7.5%
Average household size	3.09	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	43	33
Median year structure built	1938	1956