Highland Park vs Metuchen

A side-by-side comparison of Highland Park and Metuchen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Metuchen has the higher population (14,982 vs 14,981 in Highland Park). Metuchen has the higher median household income ($157,779 vs $101,991 in Highland Park). Metuchen has the higher median home value ($565,400 vs $463,600 in Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Metuchen
Population	14,981	14,982
Median age	34.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,991	$157,779
Median home value	$463,600	$565,400
Median gross rent	$1,881	$2,019
Housing units	6,858	5,621
Homeownership rate	38.9%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	66.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Metuchen
Population	13,883 → 14,981 (+7.9%)	14,048 → 14,982 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$81,402 → $101,991 (+25.3%)	$128,619 → $157,779 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$373,700 → $463,600 (+24.1%)	$437,400 → $565,400 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,881 (+28.2%)	$1,541 → $2,019 (+31.0%)

Highland Park

Population

13,88314,981

Median household income

$81,402$101,991

Median home value

$373,700$463,600

Median gross rent

$1,467$1,881

Metuchen

Population

14,04814,982

Median household income

$128,619$157,779

Median home value

$437,400$565,400

Median gross rent

$1,541$2,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Park	Metuchen
Under 5	4.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	22.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.9%
75 and over	4.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Metuchen
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	61.8%
Black or African American	5.2%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	20.3%	16.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Metuchen
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	10.8%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	38.2%	31.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Metuchen
Drove alone	57.9%	51.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.2%
Public transit	6.0%	17.6%
Walked	3.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	23.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Metuchen
1-unit, detached	33.0%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	27.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	7.1%
20 or more units	17.1%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Metuchen
Poverty rate	9.2%	4.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1961	1962