Helmetta vs Monroe Manor

A side-by-side comparison of Helmetta and Monroe Manor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Helmetta has the higher population (2,317 vs 2,308 in Monroe Manor). Monroe Manor has the higher median household income ($160,833 vs $104,143 in Helmetta). Monroe Manor has the higher median home value ($599,300 vs $321,400 in Helmetta).

Population, income & housing

	Helmetta	Monroe Manor
Population	2,317	2,308
Median age	39.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,143	$160,833
Median home value	$321,400	$599,300
Median gross rent	$2,081	$1,390
Housing units	1,008	676
Homeownership rate	65.9%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	73.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helmetta	Monroe Manor
Population	2,475 → 2,317 (-6.4%)	2,180 → 2,308 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$93,056 → $104,143 (+11.9%)	$152,563 → $160,833 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$253,300 → $321,400 (+26.9%)	$516,200 → $599,300 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,770 → $2,081 (+17.6%)	—

Helmetta

Population

2,4752,317

Median household income

$93,056$104,143

Median home value

$253,300$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,770$2,081

Monroe Manor

Population

2,1802,308

Median household income

$152,563$160,833

Median home value

$516,200$599,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helmetta	Monroe Manor
Under 5	9.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	31.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	25.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.6%
75 and over	3.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helmetta	Monroe Manor
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	15.8%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.1%	83.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helmetta	Monroe Manor
No high school diploma	3.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	9.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	46.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helmetta	Monroe Manor
Drove alone	82.5%	45.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.3%
Public transit	1.3%	4.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	37.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helmetta	Monroe Manor
1-unit, detached	41.5%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	25.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	26.8%	24.4%
20 or more units	18.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Helmetta	Monroe Manor
Poverty rate	2.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.35	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1984	2009