Dunellen vs Spotswood

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

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

Spotswood has the higher population (8,112 vs 7,711 in Dunellen). Spotswood has the higher median household income ($101,388 vs $84,789 in Dunellen). Dunellen has the higher median home value ($380,200 vs $359,000 in Spotswood).

Population, income & housing

	Dunellen	Spotswood
Population	7,711	8,112
Median age	41.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,789	$101,388
Median home value	$380,200	$359,000
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,097
Housing units	2,725	3,297
Homeownership rate	63.3%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunellen	Spotswood
Population	7,252 → 7,711 (+6.3%)	8,269 → 8,112 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$76,010 → $84,789 (+11.5%)	$80,074 → $101,388 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $380,200 (+34.5%)	$305,100 → $359,000 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $1,461 (+20.7%)	$938 → $1,097 (+17.0%)

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

Spotswood

Population

8,2698,112

Median household income

$80,074$101,388

Median home value

$305,100$359,000

Median gross rent

$938$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunellen	Spotswood
Under 5	6.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	18.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	14.7%
75 and over	5.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunellen	Spotswood
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	75.9%
Black or African American	5.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	11.5%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunellen	Spotswood
No high school diploma	16.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	31.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunellen	Spotswood
Drove alone	69.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.4%
Public transit	6.4%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	13.1%
Other means	6.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunellen	Spotswood
1-unit, detached	64.5%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	3.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Dunellen	Spotswood
Poverty rate	23.1%	3.4%
Average household size	3.11	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1952	1967