Guttenberg vs Kearny

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

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

Kearny has the higher population (40,570 vs 11,638 in Guttenberg). Kearny has the higher median household income ($83,212 vs $77,636 in Guttenberg). Kearny has the higher median home value ($431,700 vs $360,700 in Guttenberg).

Population, income & housing

	Guttenberg	Kearny
Population	11,638	40,570
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,636	$83,212
Median home value	$360,700	$431,700
Median gross rent	$1,661	$1,649
Housing units	5,286	15,340
Homeownership rate	36.3%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guttenberg	Kearny
Population	11,317 → 11,638 (+2.8%)	41,412 → 40,570 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$62,450 → $77,636 (+24.3%)	$70,702 → $83,212 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$323,100 → $360,700 (+11.6%)	$333,100 → $431,700 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,439 → $1,661 (+15.4%)	$1,304 → $1,649 (+26.5%)

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

Kearny

Population

41,41240,570

Median household income

$70,702$83,212

Median home value

$333,100$431,700

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guttenberg	Kearny
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.9%
75 and over	5.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guttenberg	Kearny
White (non-Hispanic)	18.1%	33.5%
Black or African American	2.2%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	2.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	69.0%	50.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guttenberg	Kearny
No high school diploma	13.2%	15.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guttenberg	Kearny
Drove alone	41.5%	64.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	10.4%
Public transit	25.7%	13.3%
Walked	9.1%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.0%	5.3%
Other means	3.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guttenberg	Kearny
1-unit, detached	2.7%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	32.9%	42.3%
5 to 19 units	24.6%	12.2%
20 or more units	35.3%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Guttenberg	Kearny
Poverty rate	13.8%	12.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1976	1952