Cranbury vs Helmetta

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

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

Helmetta has the higher population (2,317 vs 2,304 in Cranbury). Cranbury has the higher median household income ($230,703 vs $104,143 in Helmetta). Cranbury has the higher median home value ($794,500 vs $321,400 in Helmetta).

Population, income & housing

	Cranbury	Helmetta
Population	2,304	2,317
Median age	51.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$230,703	$104,143
Median home value	$794,500	$321,400
Median gross rent	$1,594	$2,081
Housing units	856	1,008
Homeownership rate	86.0%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.8%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cranbury	Helmetta
Population	1,919 → 2,304 (+20.1%)	2,475 → 2,317 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$164,722 → $230,703 (+40.1%)	$93,056 → $104,143 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$733,900 → $794,500 (+8.3%)	$253,300 → $321,400 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,572 → $1,594 (+1.4%)	$1,770 → $2,081 (+17.6%)

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

Helmetta

Population

2,4752,317

Median household income

$93,056$104,143

Median home value

$253,300$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,770$2,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cranbury	Helmetta
Under 5	0.6%	9.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	9.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.5%	17.3%
55 to 64	21.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.5%
75 and over	9.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cranbury	Helmetta
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	69.9%
Black or African American	7.2%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	23.1%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cranbury	Helmetta
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	7.8%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cranbury	Helmetta
Drove alone	50.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.5%
Public transit	3.5%	1.3%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	37.1%	10.5%
Other means	3.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cranbury	Helmetta
1-unit, detached	82.6%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	26.8%
20 or more units	5.0%	18.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cranbury	Helmetta
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1966	1984