Iselin vs Old Bridge

A side-by-side comparison of Iselin and Old Bridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Bridge has the higher population (28,015 vs 19,151 in Iselin). Iselin has the higher median household income ($112,615 vs $106,934 in Old Bridge). Old Bridge has the higher median home value ($457,800 vs $394,200 in Iselin).

Population, income & housing

	Iselin	Old Bridge
Population	19,151	28,015
Median age	38.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$112,615	$106,934
Median home value	$394,200	$457,800
Median gross rent	$2,051	$1,426
Housing units	6,618	10,751
Homeownership rate	66.2%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iselin	Old Bridge
Population	18,175 → 19,151 (+5.4%)	23,545 → 28,015 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$98,250 → $112,615 (+14.6%)	$105,562 → $106,934 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$306,700 → $394,200 (+28.5%)	$365,600 → $457,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,769 → $2,051 (+15.9%)	$1,092 → $1,426 (+30.6%)

Iselin

Population

18,17519,151

Median household income

$98,250$112,615

Median home value

$306,700$394,200

Median gross rent

$1,769$2,051

Old Bridge

Population

23,54528,015

Median household income

$105,562$106,934

Median home value

$365,600$457,800

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iselin	Old Bridge
Under 5	4.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.0%
75 and over	5.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iselin	Old Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	62.6%
Black or African American	8.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	54.2%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iselin	Old Bridge
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	20.3%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iselin	Old Bridge
Drove alone	53.4%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.5%
Public transit	14.4%	7.1%
Walked	4.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.8%	11.6%
Other means	3.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iselin	Old Bridge
1-unit, detached	66.8%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	6.9%
20 or more units	12.9%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Iselin	Old Bridge
Poverty rate	6.4%	6.9%
Average household size	3.01	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1961	1967