Dunellen vs Milltown

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

Dunellen and Milltown 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 6,994 in Milltown). Milltown has the higher median household income ($119,958 vs $84,789 in Dunellen). Milltown has the higher median home value ($423,000 vs $380,200 in Dunellen).

Population, income & housing

	Dunellen	Milltown
Population	7,711	6,994
Median age	41.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,789	$119,958
Median home value	$380,200	$423,000
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,500
Housing units	2,725	2,632
Homeownership rate	63.3%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunellen	Milltown
Population	7,252 → 7,711 (+6.3%)	6,998 → 6,994 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$76,010 → $84,789 (+11.5%)	$101,563 → $119,958 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $380,200 (+34.5%)	$343,000 → $423,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,461 (+20.7%)	$1,673 → $1,500 (-10.3%)

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

Milltown

Population

6,9986,994

Median household income

$101,563$119,958

Median home value

$343,000$423,000

Median gross rent

$1,673$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunellen	Milltown
Under 5	6.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	18.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.6%
75 and over	5.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunellen	Milltown
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	77.5%
Black or African American	5.9%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunellen	Milltown
No high school diploma	16.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	31.0%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunellen	Milltown
Drove alone	69.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.5%
Public transit	6.4%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	10.8%
Other means	6.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunellen	Milltown
1-unit, detached	64.5%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunellen	Milltown
Poverty rate	23.1%	1.1%
Average household size	3.11	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1952	1962