Cranbury vs Monroe Manor

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

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

Monroe Manor has the higher population (2,308 vs 2,304 in Cranbury). Cranbury has the higher median household income ($230,703 vs $160,833 in Monroe Manor). Cranbury has the higher median home value ($794,500 vs $599,300 in Monroe Manor).

Population, income & housing

	Cranbury	Monroe Manor
Population	2,304	2,308
Median age	51.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$230,703	$160,833
Median home value	$794,500	$599,300
Median gross rent	$1,594	$1,390
Housing units	856	676
Homeownership rate	86.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.8%	73.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cranbury	Monroe Manor
Population	1,919 → 2,304 (+20.1%)	2,180 → 2,308 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$164,722 → $230,703 (+40.1%)	$152,563 → $160,833 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$733,900 → $794,500 (+8.3%)	$516,200 → $599,300 (+16.1%)
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

Monroe Manor

Population

2,1802,308

Median household income

$152,563$160,833

Median home value

$516,200$599,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cranbury	Monroe Manor
Under 5	0.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	31.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	25.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	21.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	5.6%
75 and over	9.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cranbury	Monroe Manor
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	15.8%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	23.1%	83.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cranbury	Monroe Manor
No high school diploma	1.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	7.8%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	9.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	46.4%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cranbury	Monroe Manor
Drove alone	50.8%	45.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.3%
Public transit	3.5%	4.7%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.1%	37.2%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cranbury	Monroe Manor
1-unit, detached	82.6%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	25.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	24.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cranbury	Monroe Manor
Poverty rate	4.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.69	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1966	2009