Dunellen vs Jamesburg

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

Dunellen and Jamesburg 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 5,763 in Jamesburg). Jamesburg has the higher median household income ($117,719 vs $84,789 in Dunellen). Dunellen has the higher median home value ($380,200 vs $344,900 in Jamesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Dunellen	Jamesburg
Population	7,711	5,763
Median age	41.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,789	$117,719
Median home value	$380,200	$344,900
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,841
Housing units	2,725	2,140
Homeownership rate	63.3%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunellen	Jamesburg
Population	7,252 → 7,711 (+6.3%)	5,921 → 5,763 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$76,010 → $84,789 (+11.5%)	$85,560 → $117,719 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $380,200 (+34.5%)	$267,000 → $344,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,461 (+20.7%)	$1,128 → $1,841 (+63.2%)

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

Jamesburg

Population

5,9215,763

Median household income

$85,560$117,719

Median home value

$267,000$344,900

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunellen	Jamesburg
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	18.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.4%
75 and over	5.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunellen	Jamesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	53.5%
Black or African American	5.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	35.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunellen	Jamesburg
No high school diploma	16.3%	16.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunellen	Jamesburg
Drove alone	69.3%	63.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.6%
Public transit	6.4%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	7.5%	20.2%
Other means	6.8%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunellen	Jamesburg
1-unit, detached	64.5%	42.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	26.0%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunellen	Jamesburg
Poverty rate	23.1%	4.2%
Average household size	3.11	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1952	1969