Avenel vs Iselin

A side-by-side comparison of Avenel and Iselin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iselin has the higher population (19,151 vs 17,143 in Avenel). Iselin has the higher median household income ($112,615 vs $95,935 in Avenel). Iselin has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $351,200 in Avenel).

Population, income & housing

	Avenel	Iselin
Population	17,143	19,151
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,935	$112,615
Median home value	$351,200	$394,200
Median gross rent	$1,839	$2,051
Housing units	5,693	6,618
Homeownership rate	49.7%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avenel	Iselin
Population	18,592 → 17,143 (-7.8%)	18,175 → 19,151 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$70,035 → $95,935 (+37.0%)	$98,250 → $112,615 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$262,800 → $351,200 (+33.6%)	$306,700 → $394,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,483 → $1,839 (+24.0%)	$1,769 → $2,051 (+15.9%)

Avenel

Population

18,59217,143

Median household income

$70,035$95,935

Median home value

$262,800$351,200

Median gross rent

$1,483$1,839

Iselin

Population

18,17519,151

Median household income

$98,250$112,615

Median home value

$306,700$394,200

Median gross rent

$1,769$2,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avenel	Iselin
Under 5	6.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.6%
75 and over	4.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avenel	Iselin
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	22.8%
Black or African American	25.5%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	19.9%	54.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avenel	Iselin
No high school diploma	12.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	35.1%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avenel	Iselin
Drove alone	71.4%	53.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.7%
Public transit	10.3%	14.4%
Walked	1.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	17.8%
Other means	1.3%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avenel	Iselin
1-unit, detached	41.1%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	22.7%	14.1%
20 or more units	15.1%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Avenel	Iselin
Poverty rate	8.5%	6.4%
Average household size	2.49	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1978	1961