East Newark vs Guttenberg

A side-by-side comparison of East Newark and Guttenberg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guttenberg has the higher population (11,638 vs 2,529 in East Newark). Guttenberg has the higher median household income ($77,636 vs $65,272 in East Newark). Guttenberg has the higher median home value ($360,700 vs $277,700 in East Newark).

Population, income & housing

	East Newark	Guttenberg
Population	2,529	11,638
Median age	42.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,272	$77,636
Median home value	$277,700	$360,700
Median gross rent	$1,696	$1,661
Housing units	860	5,286
Homeownership rate	25.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Newark	Guttenberg
Population	2,644 → 2,529 (-4.3%)	11,317 → 11,638 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $65,272 (+2.4%)	$62,450 → $77,636 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$299,700 → $277,700 (-7.3%)	$323,100 → $360,700 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,312 → $1,696 (+29.3%)	$1,439 → $1,661 (+15.4%)

East Newark

Population

2,6442,529

Median household income

$63,750$65,272

Median home value

$299,700$277,700

Median gross rent

$1,312$1,696

Guttenberg

Population

11,31711,638

Median household income

$62,450$77,636

Median home value

$323,100$360,700

Median gross rent

$1,439$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Newark	Guttenberg
Under 5	4.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	17.5%	18.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	18.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.2%
75 and over	2.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Newark	Guttenberg
White (non-Hispanic)	19.1%	18.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	69.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Newark	Guttenberg
No high school diploma	23.0%	13.2%
High school graduate	33.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Newark	Guttenberg
Drove alone	38.2%	41.5%
Carpooled	23.5%	6.0%
Public transit	10.8%	25.7%
Walked	10.9%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	14.0%
Other means	3.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Newark	Guttenberg
1-unit, detached	10.9%	2.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	74.8%	32.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	24.6%
20 or more units	9.5%	35.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Newark	Guttenberg
Poverty rate	25.2%	13.8%
Average household size	3.05	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1949	1976