Carteret vs New Brunswick

A side-by-side comparison of Carteret and New Brunswick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Brunswick has the higher population (55,744 vs 25,187 in Carteret). Carteret has the higher median household income ($87,553 vs $60,248 in New Brunswick). Carteret has the higher median home value ($370,200 vs $316,800 in New Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Carteret	New Brunswick
Population	25,187	55,744
Median age	39.3 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,553	$60,248
Median home value	$370,200	$316,800
Median gross rent	$2,012	$1,790
Housing units	8,702	17,071
Homeownership rate	55.2%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carteret	New Brunswick
Population	23,589 → 25,187 (+6.8%)	55,960 → 55,744 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$73,347 → $87,553 (+19.4%)	$43,783 → $60,248 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$272,200 → $370,200 (+36.0%)	$251,100 → $316,800 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $2,012 (+34.9%)	$1,470 → $1,790 (+21.8%)

Carteret

Population

23,58925,187

Median household income

$73,347$87,553

Median home value

$272,200$370,200

Median gross rent

$1,492$2,012

New Brunswick

Population

55,96055,744

Median household income

$43,783$60,248

Median home value

$251,100$316,800

Median gross rent

$1,470$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carteret	New Brunswick
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	29.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	6.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	3.9%
75 and over	6.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carteret	New Brunswick
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	25.1%
Black or African American	16.6%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.5%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	51.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carteret	New Brunswick
No high school diploma	15.4%	34.1%
High school graduate	33.6%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carteret	New Brunswick
Drove alone	68.3%	41.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	13.7%
Public transit	7.8%	4.6%
Walked	2.4%	14.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	10.2%
Other means	2.3%	13.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carteret	New Brunswick
1-unit, detached	50.9%	22.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	23.8%	26.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	18.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	25.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Carteret	New Brunswick
Poverty rate	10.0%	31.6%
Average household size	3.03	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1960	1967