Dunellen vs Laurence Harbor

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

Dunellen and Laurence Harbor 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 6,130 in Laurence Harbor). Laurence Harbor has the higher median household income ($89,500 vs $84,789 in Dunellen). Dunellen has the higher median home value ($380,200 vs $327,900 in Laurence Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Dunellen	Laurence Harbor
Population	7,711	6,130
Median age	41.7 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,789	$89,500
Median home value	$380,200	$327,900
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,480
Housing units	2,725	2,852
Homeownership rate	63.3%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunellen	Laurence Harbor
Population	7,252 → 7,711 (+6.3%)	6,534 → 6,130 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$76,010 → $84,789 (+11.5%)	$86,065 → $89,500 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $380,200 (+34.5%)	$267,900 → $327,900 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,461 (+20.7%)	$1,386 → $1,480 (+6.8%)

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

Laurence Harbor

Population

6,5346,130

Median household income

$86,065$89,500

Median home value

$267,900$327,900

Median gross rent

$1,386$1,480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunellen	Laurence Harbor
Under 5	6.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	10.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	18.7%
35 to 44	18.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.4%
75 and over	5.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunellen	Laurence Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	56.4%
Black or African American	5.9%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunellen	Laurence Harbor
No high school diploma	16.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunellen	Laurence Harbor
Drove alone	69.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.3%
Public transit	6.4%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	13.9%
Other means	6.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunellen	Laurence Harbor
1-unit, detached	64.5%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunellen	Laurence Harbor
Poverty rate	23.1%	9.0%
Average household size	3.11	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1952	1965