Highland Park vs Middlesex

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

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

Highland Park has the higher population (14,981 vs 14,518 in Middlesex). Middlesex has the higher median household income ($107,063 vs $101,991 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($463,600 vs $414,600 in Middlesex).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Middlesex
Population	14,981	14,518
Median age	34.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,991	$107,063
Median home value	$463,600	$414,600
Median gross rent	$1,881	$1,493
Housing units	6,858	5,703
Homeownership rate	38.9%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Middlesex
Population	13,883 → 14,981 (+7.9%)	13,662 → 14,518 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$81,402 → $101,991 (+25.3%)	$75,460 → $107,063 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$373,700 → $463,600 (+24.1%)	$307,000 → $414,600 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,881 (+28.2%)	$1,416 → $1,493 (+5.4%)

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

Middlesex

Population

13,66214,518

Median household income

$75,460$107,063

Median home value

$307,000$414,600

Median gross rent

$1,416$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Park	Middlesex
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	22.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.8%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.6%
75 and over	4.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Middlesex
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	54.2%
Black or African American	5.2%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.3%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Middlesex
No high school diploma	6.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	10.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	38.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Middlesex
Drove alone	57.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.5%
Public transit	6.0%	1.6%
Walked	3.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	9.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Middlesex
1-unit, detached	33.0%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	27.9%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	17.1%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Middlesex
Poverty rate	9.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1961	1964