Helmetta vs Whittingham

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

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

Whittingham has the higher population (2,516 vs 2,317 in Helmetta). Helmetta has the higher median household income ($104,143 vs $75,764 in Whittingham). Whittingham has the higher median home value ($386,600 vs $321,400 in Helmetta).

Population, income & housing

	Helmetta	Whittingham
Population	2,317	2,516
Median age	39.5 yrs	75.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,143	$75,764
Median home value	$321,400	$386,600
Median gross rent	$2,081	—
Housing units	1,008	1,719
Homeownership rate	65.9%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helmetta	Whittingham
Population	2,475 → 2,317 (-6.4%)	2,631 → 2,516 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$93,056 → $104,143 (+11.9%)	$61,500 → $75,764 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$253,300 → $321,400 (+26.9%)	$299,000 → $386,600 (+29.3%)
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

Whittingham

Population

2,6312,516

Median household income

$61,500$75,764

Median home value

$299,000$386,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helmetta	Whittingham
Under 5	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	0.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	30.3%
75 and over	3.7%	57.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helmetta	Whittingham
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	91.2%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.1%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helmetta	Whittingham
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	27.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helmetta	Whittingham
Drove alone	82.5%	54.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.4%
Public transit	1.3%	7.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	32.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helmetta	Whittingham
1-unit, detached	41.5%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	46.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	26.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	18.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Helmetta	Whittingham
Poverty rate	2.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.35	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	42
Median year structure built	1984	1993