Hopelawn vs Rutgers University-Livingston Campus

A side-by-side comparison of Hopelawn and Rutgers University-Livingston Campus: population, income, housing, and more.

Hopelawn and Rutgers University-Livingston Campus are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rutgers University-Livingston Campus has the higher population (3,041 vs 2,986 in Hopelawn). Since 2019, Rutgers University-Livingston Campus's population has grown faster (+56.7% vs +21.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Hopelawn	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Population	2,986	3,041
Median age	53.0 yrs	19.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,977	—
Median home value	$349,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,245	—
Housing units	1,348	0
Homeownership rate	58.5%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	91.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopelawn	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Population	2,457 → 2,986 (+21.5%)	1,941 → 3,041 (+56.7%)
Median household income	$68,663 → $83,977 (+22.3%)	—
Median home value	$279,800 → $349,500 (+24.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,245 (+7.0%)	—

Hopelawn

Population

2,4572,986

Median household income

$68,663$83,977

Median home value

$279,800$349,500

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,245

Rutgers University-Livingston Campus

Population

1,9413,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopelawn	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	0.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	97.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	1.7%
35 to 44	17.8%	0.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	0.0%
75 and over	19.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopelawn	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	76.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.3%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	44.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopelawn	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
No high school diploma	8.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	8.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	70.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopelawn	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Drove alone	70.3%	22.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	2.2%
Public transit	2.4%	1.4%
Walked	5.3%	56.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopelawn	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
1-unit, detached	59.2%	—
1-unit, attached	0.0%	—
2 to 4 units	15.9%	—
5 to 19 units	0.0%	—
20 or more units	22.5%	—
Mobile home & other	2.4%	—

Poverty & households

	Hopelawn	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Poverty rate	4.8%	—
Average household size	2.21	—
Mean commute (minutes)	34	12
Median year structure built	1961	—