Dunellen vs Heathcote

A side-by-side comparison of Dunellen and Heathcote: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dunellen has the higher population (7,711 vs 6,689 in Heathcote). Heathcote has the higher median household income ($127,391 vs $84,789 in Dunellen). Heathcote has the higher median home value ($563,500 vs $380,200 in Dunellen).

Population, income & housing

	Dunellen	Heathcote
Population	7,711	6,689
Median age	41.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,789	$127,391
Median home value	$380,200	$563,500
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,468
Housing units	2,725	2,692
Homeownership rate	63.3%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	74.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunellen	Heathcote
Population	7,252 → 7,711 (+6.3%)	6,507 → 6,689 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$76,010 → $84,789 (+11.5%)	$106,007 → $127,391 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $380,200 (+34.5%)	$430,800 → $563,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,461 (+20.7%)	$2,087 → $1,468 (-29.7%)

Dunellen

Population

7,2527,711

Median household income

$76,010$84,789

Median home value

$282,700$380,200

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,461

Heathcote

Population

6,5076,689

Median household income

$106,007$127,391

Median home value

$430,800$563,500

Median gross rent

$2,087$1,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunellen	Heathcote
Under 5	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	18.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.3%
75 and over	5.9%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunellen	Heathcote
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	27.0%
Black or African American	5.9%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	53.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunellen	Heathcote
No high school diploma	16.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.0%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	41.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunellen	Heathcote
Drove alone	69.3%	51.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.4%
Public transit	6.4%	5.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	34.3%
Other means	6.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunellen	Heathcote
1-unit, detached	64.5%	42.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	29.9%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	16.8%
20 or more units	3.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunellen	Heathcote
Poverty rate	23.1%	4.0%
Average household size	3.11	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1952	1989