Jamesburg vs Milltown

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

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

Milltown has the higher population (6,994 vs 5,763 in Jamesburg). Milltown has the higher median household income ($119,958 vs $117,719 in Jamesburg). Milltown has the higher median home value ($423,000 vs $344,900 in Jamesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Jamesburg	Milltown
Population	5,763	6,994
Median age	36.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$117,719	$119,958
Median home value	$344,900	$423,000
Median gross rent	$1,841	$1,500
Housing units	2,140	2,632
Homeownership rate	74.6%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamesburg	Milltown
Population	5,921 → 5,763 (-2.7%)	6,998 → 6,994 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $117,719 (+37.6%)	$101,563 → $119,958 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$267,000 → $344,900 (+29.2%)	$343,000 → $423,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,841 (+63.2%)	$1,673 → $1,500 (-10.3%)

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

Milltown

Population

6,9986,994

Median household income

$101,563$119,958

Median home value

$343,000$423,000

Median gross rent

$1,673$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamesburg	Milltown
Under 5	5.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	17.2%	17.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.6%
75 and over	4.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamesburg	Milltown
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	77.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	35.6%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamesburg	Milltown
No high school diploma	16.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	28.6%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamesburg	Milltown
Drove alone	63.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	3.5%
Public transit	3.2%	4.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	10.8%
Other means	5.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamesburg	Milltown
1-unit, detached	42.7%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	26.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamesburg	Milltown
Poverty rate	4.2%	1.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1969	1962