Carteret vs Sayreville

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

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

Sayreville has the higher population (45,237 vs 25,187 in Carteret). Sayreville has the higher median household income ($98,629 vs $87,553 in Carteret). Sayreville has the higher median home value ($407,600 vs $370,200 in Carteret).

Population, income & housing

	Carteret	Sayreville
Population	25,187	45,237
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,553	$98,629
Median home value	$370,200	$407,600
Median gross rent	$2,012	$1,641
Housing units	8,702	17,435
Homeownership rate	55.2%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carteret	Sayreville
Population	23,589 → 25,187 (+6.8%)	44,292 → 45,237 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$73,347 → $87,553 (+19.4%)	$81,883 → $98,629 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$272,200 → $370,200 (+36.0%)	$302,800 → $407,600 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $2,012 (+34.9%)	$1,332 → $1,641 (+23.2%)

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

Sayreville

Population

44,29245,237

Median household income

$81,883$98,629

Median home value

$302,800$407,600

Median gross rent

$1,332$1,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carteret	Sayreville
Under 5	6.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.8%
75 and over	6.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carteret	Sayreville
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	45.6%
Black or African American	16.6%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	24.5%	16.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carteret	Sayreville
No high school diploma	15.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	33.6%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carteret	Sayreville
Drove alone	68.3%	70.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.1%
Public transit	7.8%	5.5%
Walked	2.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	10.4%
Other means	2.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carteret	Sayreville
1-unit, detached	50.9%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	23.8%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	15.9%
20 or more units	8.9%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Carteret	Sayreville
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1960	1973