Menlo Park Terrace vs Port Reading

A side-by-side comparison of Menlo Park Terrace and Port Reading: population, income, housing, and more.

Menlo Park Terrace and Port Reading are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Reading has the higher population (3,775 vs 2,952 in Menlo Park Terrace). Port Reading has the higher median household income ($142,986 vs $111,111 in Menlo Park Terrace). Port Reading has the higher median home value ($414,900 vs $379,100 in Menlo Park Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Menlo Park Terrace	Port Reading
Population	2,952	3,775
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,111	$142,986
Median home value	$379,100	$414,900
Median gross rent	$1,879	—
Housing units	931	1,225
Homeownership rate	89.9%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Port Reading
Population	2,503 → 2,952 (+17.9%)	3,864 → 3,775 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$103,036 → $111,111 (+7.8%)	$89,022 → $142,986 (+60.6%)
Median home value	$334,200 → $379,100 (+13.4%)	$293,200 → $414,900 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,450 → $1,879 (-23.3%)	$1,365 → $1,307 (-4.2%)

Menlo Park Terrace

Population

2,5032,952

Median household income

$103,036$111,111

Median home value

$334,200$379,100

Median gross rent

$2,450$1,879

Port Reading

Population

3,8643,775

Median household income

$89,022$142,986

Median home value

$293,200$414,900

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Port Reading
Under 5	8.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.4%
75 and over	7.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Port Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	31.0%
Black or African American	8.3%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.9%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menlo Park Terrace	Port Reading
No high school diploma	11.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Port Reading
Drove alone	61.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.3%
Public transit	11.3%	7.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Port Reading
1-unit, detached	86.0%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Menlo Park Terrace	Port Reading
Poverty rate	6.0%	1.8%
Average household size	3.28	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1954	1962