Cranbury vs Forsgate

A side-by-side comparison of Cranbury and Forsgate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cranbury has the higher population (2,304 vs 2,094 in Forsgate). Forsgate has the higher median household income ($235,357 vs $230,703 in Cranbury). Cranbury has the higher median home value ($794,500 vs $645,400 in Forsgate).

Population, income & housing

	Cranbury	Forsgate
Population	2,304	2,094
Median age	51.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$230,703	$235,357
Median home value	$794,500	$645,400
Median gross rent	$1,594	—
Housing units	856	760
Homeownership rate	86.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.8%	77.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cranbury	Forsgate
Population	1,919 → 2,304 (+20.1%)	1,803 → 2,094 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$164,722 → $230,703 (+40.1%)	$208,750 → $235,357 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$733,900 → $794,500 (+8.3%)	$532,700 → $645,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,572 → $1,594 (+1.4%)	—

Cranbury

Population

1,9192,304

Median household income

$164,722$230,703

Median home value

$733,900$794,500

Median gross rent

$1,572$1,594

Forsgate

Population

1,8032,094

Median household income

$208,750$235,357

Median home value

$532,700$645,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cranbury	Forsgate
Under 5	0.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	24.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	4.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	20.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	15.9%
55 to 64	21.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.1%
75 and over	9.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cranbury	Forsgate
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	19.7%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	23.1%	68.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cranbury	Forsgate
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	7.8%	4.7%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cranbury	Forsgate
Drove alone	50.8%	37.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	0.0%
Public transit	3.5%	14.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.1%	44.6%
Other means	3.7%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cranbury	Forsgate
1-unit, detached	82.6%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cranbury	Forsgate
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	38	53
Median year structure built	1966	1999