Laurence Harbor vs Milltown

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

Laurence Harbor 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 6,130 in Laurence Harbor). Milltown has the higher median household income ($119,958 vs $89,500 in Laurence Harbor). Milltown has the higher median home value ($423,000 vs $327,900 in Laurence Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Laurence Harbor	Milltown
Population	6,130	6,994
Median age	46.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,500	$119,958
Median home value	$327,900	$423,000
Median gross rent	$1,480	$1,500
Housing units	2,852	2,632
Homeownership rate	86.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurence Harbor	Milltown
Population	6,534 → 6,130 (-6.2%)	6,998 → 6,994 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$86,065 → $89,500 (+4.0%)	$101,563 → $119,958 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$267,900 → $327,900 (+22.4%)	$343,000 → $423,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,386 → $1,480 (+6.8%)	$1,673 → $1,500 (-10.3%)

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

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)

	Laurence Harbor	Milltown
Under 5	6.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	10.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	18.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	17.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.9%	17.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	7.6%
75 and over	4.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurence Harbor	Milltown
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	77.5%
Black or African American	7.7%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.3%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	11.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurence Harbor	Milltown
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.4%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurence Harbor	Milltown
Drove alone	75.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.5%
Public transit	3.4%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurence Harbor	Milltown
1-unit, detached	75.8%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laurence Harbor	Milltown
Poverty rate	9.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1965	1962