Jamesburg vs Laurence Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Jamesburg and Laurence Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurence Harbor has the higher population (6,130 vs 5,763 in Jamesburg). Jamesburg has the higher median household income ($117,719 vs $89,500 in Laurence Harbor). Jamesburg has the higher median home value ($344,900 vs $327,900 in Laurence Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Jamesburg	Laurence Harbor
Population	5,763	6,130
Median age	36.7 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$117,719	$89,500
Median home value	$344,900	$327,900
Median gross rent	$1,841	$1,480
Housing units	2,140	2,852
Homeownership rate	74.6%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamesburg	Laurence Harbor
Population	5,921 → 5,763 (-2.7%)	6,534 → 6,130 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $117,719 (+37.6%)	$86,065 → $89,500 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$267,000 → $344,900 (+29.2%)	$267,900 → $327,900 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,841 (+63.2%)	$1,386 → $1,480 (+6.8%)

Jamesburg

Population

5,9215,763

Median household income

$85,560$117,719

Median home value

$267,000$344,900

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,841

Laurence Harbor

Population

6,5346,130

Median household income

$86,065$89,500

Median home value

$267,900$327,900

Median gross rent

$1,386$1,480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamesburg	Laurence Harbor
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	18.7%
35 to 44	17.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.4%
75 and over	4.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamesburg	Laurence Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	56.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.6%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamesburg	Laurence Harbor
No high school diploma	16.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	28.6%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamesburg	Laurence Harbor
Drove alone	63.1%	75.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.3%
Public transit	3.2%	3.4%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	13.9%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamesburg	Laurence Harbor
1-unit, detached	42.7%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	26.0%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	4.3%
20 or more units	6.4%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamesburg	Laurence Harbor
Poverty rate	4.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1969	1965