Carteret vs Perth Amboy

A side-by-side comparison of Carteret and Perth Amboy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Perth Amboy has the higher population (55,278 vs 25,187 in Carteret). Carteret has the higher median household income ($87,553 vs $58,490 in Perth Amboy). Carteret has the higher median home value ($370,200 vs $339,200 in Perth Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Carteret	Perth Amboy
Population	25,187	55,278
Median age	39.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,553	$58,490
Median home value	$370,200	$339,200
Median gross rent	$2,012	$1,629
Housing units	8,702	19,684
Homeownership rate	55.2%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carteret	Perth Amboy
Population	23,589 → 25,187 (+6.8%)	51,678 → 55,278 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$73,347 → $87,553 (+19.4%)	$52,563 → $58,490 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$272,200 → $370,200 (+36.0%)	$261,800 → $339,200 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $2,012 (+34.9%)	$1,340 → $1,629 (+21.6%)

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

Perth Amboy

Population

51,67855,278

Median household income

$52,563$58,490

Median home value

$261,800$339,200

Median gross rent

$1,340$1,629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carteret	Perth Amboy
Under 5	6.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.5%
75 and over	6.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carteret	Perth Amboy
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	11.4%
Black or African American	16.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	80.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carteret	Perth Amboy
No high school diploma	15.4%	31.7%
High school graduate	33.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carteret	Perth Amboy
Drove alone	68.3%	59.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	13.7%
Public transit	7.8%	3.8%
Walked	2.4%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.0%
Other means	2.3%	12.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carteret	Perth Amboy
1-unit, detached	50.9%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	23.8%	33.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	14.8%
20 or more units	8.9%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Carteret	Perth Amboy
Poverty rate	10.0%	20.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1960	1957