Carteret vs Old Bridge

A side-by-side comparison of Carteret and Old Bridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Bridge has the higher population (28,015 vs 25,187 in Carteret). Old Bridge has the higher median household income ($106,934 vs $87,553 in Carteret). Old Bridge has the higher median home value ($457,800 vs $370,200 in Carteret).

Population, income & housing

	Carteret	Old Bridge
Population	25,187	28,015
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,553	$106,934
Median home value	$370,200	$457,800
Median gross rent	$2,012	$1,426
Housing units	8,702	10,751
Homeownership rate	55.2%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carteret	Old Bridge
Population	23,589 → 25,187 (+6.8%)	23,545 → 28,015 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$73,347 → $87,553 (+19.4%)	$105,562 → $106,934 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$272,200 → $370,200 (+36.0%)	$365,600 → $457,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $2,012 (+34.9%)	$1,092 → $1,426 (+30.6%)

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

Old Bridge

Population

23,54528,015

Median household income

$105,562$106,934

Median home value

$365,600$457,800

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carteret	Old Bridge
Under 5	6.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.0%
75 and over	6.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carteret	Old Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	62.6%
Black or African American	16.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	24.5%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carteret	Old Bridge
No high school diploma	15.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	33.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carteret	Old Bridge
Drove alone	68.3%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.5%
Public transit	7.8%	7.1%
Walked	2.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.6%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carteret	Old Bridge
1-unit, detached	50.9%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	23.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	6.9%
20 or more units	8.9%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carteret	Old Bridge
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.9%
Average household size	3.03	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1960	1967