Heathcote vs Jamesburg

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

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

Heathcote has the higher population (6,689 vs 5,763 in Jamesburg). Heathcote has the higher median household income ($127,391 vs $117,719 in Jamesburg). Heathcote has the higher median home value ($563,500 vs $344,900 in Jamesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Heathcote	Jamesburg
Population	6,689	5,763
Median age	44.0 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$127,391	$117,719
Median home value	$563,500	$344,900
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,841
Housing units	2,692	2,140
Homeownership rate	77.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heathcote	Jamesburg
Population	6,507 → 6,689 (+2.8%)	5,921 → 5,763 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$106,007 → $127,391 (+20.2%)	$85,560 → $117,719 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$430,800 → $563,500 (+30.8%)	$267,000 → $344,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,087 → $1,468 (-29.7%)	$1,128 → $1,841 (+63.2%)

Heathcote

Population

6,5076,689

Median household income

$106,007$127,391

Median home value

$430,800$563,500

Median gross rent

$2,087$1,468

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)

	Heathcote	Jamesburg
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	17.1%	17.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.4%
75 and over	13.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heathcote	Jamesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	27.0%	53.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	53.6%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	35.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heathcote	Jamesburg
No high school diploma	6.2%	16.3%
High school graduate	7.2%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	41.9%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heathcote	Jamesburg
Drove alone	51.6%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.6%
Public transit	5.4%	3.2%
Walked	0.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	34.3%	20.2%
Other means	1.7%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heathcote	Jamesburg
1-unit, detached	42.1%	42.7%
1-unit, attached	29.9%	26.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	14.1%
20 or more units	6.7%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heathcote	Jamesburg
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1989	1969