Heathcote vs Milltown

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

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

Milltown has the higher population (6,994 vs 6,689 in Heathcote). Heathcote has the higher median household income ($127,391 vs $119,958 in Milltown). Heathcote has the higher median home value ($563,500 vs $423,000 in Milltown).

Population, income & housing

	Heathcote	Milltown
Population	6,689	6,994
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$127,391	$119,958
Median home value	$563,500	$423,000
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,500
Housing units	2,692	2,632
Homeownership rate	77.6%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heathcote	Milltown
Population	6,507 → 6,689 (+2.8%)	6,998 → 6,994 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$106,007 → $127,391 (+20.2%)	$101,563 → $119,958 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$430,800 → $563,500 (+30.8%)	$343,000 → $423,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,087 → $1,468 (-29.7%)	$1,673 → $1,500 (-10.3%)

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

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)

	Heathcote	Milltown
Under 5	4.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	17.1%	17.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.6%
75 and over	13.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heathcote	Milltown
White (non-Hispanic)	27.0%	77.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	53.6%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heathcote	Milltown
No high school diploma	6.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	7.2%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	41.9%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heathcote	Milltown
Drove alone	51.6%	80.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.5%
Public transit	5.4%	4.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	10.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heathcote	Milltown
1-unit, detached	42.1%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	29.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.7%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heathcote	Milltown
Poverty rate	4.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1989	1962