Iselin vs Woodbridge

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

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

Woodbridge has the higher population (20,086 vs 19,151 in Iselin). Iselin has the higher median household income ($112,615 vs $99,718 in Woodbridge). Iselin has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $361,200 in Woodbridge).

Population, income & housing

	Iselin	Woodbridge
Population	19,151	20,086
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$112,615	$99,718
Median home value	$394,200	$361,200
Median gross rent	$2,051	$2,077
Housing units	6,618	8,132
Homeownership rate	66.2%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iselin	Woodbridge
Population	18,175 → 19,151 (+5.4%)	18,768 → 20,086 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$98,250 → $112,615 (+14.6%)	$85,857 → $99,718 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$306,700 → $394,200 (+28.5%)	$278,100 → $361,200 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,769 → $2,051 (+15.9%)	$1,676 → $2,077 (+23.9%)

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

Woodbridge

Population

18,76820,086

Median household income

$85,857$99,718

Median home value

$278,100$361,200

Median gross rent

$1,676$2,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iselin	Woodbridge
Under 5	4.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.1%
75 and over	5.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iselin	Woodbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	38.1%
Black or African American	8.1%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	54.2%	20.3%
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%	28.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iselin	Woodbridge
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	20.3%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iselin	Woodbridge
Drove alone	53.4%	66.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.7%
Public transit	14.4%	9.2%
Walked	4.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	17.8%	11.5%
Other means	3.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iselin	Woodbridge
1-unit, detached	66.8%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	30.0%
20 or more units	12.9%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Iselin	Woodbridge
Poverty rate	6.4%	7.3%
Average household size	3.01	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1961	1968