Dunellen vs Rutgers University-Busch Campus

A side-by-side comparison of Dunellen and Rutgers University-Busch Campus: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunellen and Rutgers University-Busch Campus 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 5,747 in Rutgers University-Busch Campus). Rutgers University-Busch Campus has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $84,789 in Dunellen). Since 2019, Dunellen's population has grown faster (+6.3% vs -25.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Dunellen	Rutgers University-Busch Campus
Population	7,711	5,747
Median age	41.7 yrs	19.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,789	$118,750
Median home value	$380,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,461	$2,031
Housing units	2,725	103
Homeownership rate	63.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	88.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunellen	Rutgers University-Busch Campus
Population	7,252 → 7,711 (+6.3%)	7,718 → 5,747 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$76,010 → $84,789 (+11.5%)	$93,250 → $118,750 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $380,200 (+34.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,461 (+20.7%)	$1,400 → $2,031 (+45.1%)

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

Rutgers University-Busch Campus

Population

7,7185,747

Median household income

$93,250$118,750

Median gross rent

$1,400$2,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunellen	Rutgers University-Busch Campus
Under 5	6.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	2.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	88.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	4.6%
35 to 44	18.0%	3.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	0.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	0.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	0.0%
75 and over	5.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunellen	Rutgers University-Busch Campus
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	65.8%
Black or African American	5.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	17.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunellen	Rutgers University-Busch Campus
No high school diploma	16.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	31.0%	1.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	46.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunellen	Rutgers University-Busch Campus
Drove alone	69.3%	21.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	2.3%
Public transit	6.4%	3.9%
Walked	0.0%	56.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.5%	11.5%
Other means	6.8%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunellen	Rutgers University-Busch Campus
1-unit, detached	64.5%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	88.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunellen	Rutgers University-Busch Campus
Poverty rate	23.1%	17.8%
Average household size	3.11	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1952	1967