Menlo Park Terrace vs Rossmoor

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

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

Rossmoor has the higher population (3,136 vs 2,952 in Menlo Park Terrace). Menlo Park Terrace has the higher median household income ($111,111 vs $54,367 in Rossmoor). Menlo Park Terrace has the higher median home value ($379,100 vs $184,800 in Rossmoor).

Population, income & housing

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rossmoor
Population	2,952	3,136
Median age	40.1 yrs	73.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,111	$54,367
Median home value	$379,100	$184,800
Median gross rent	$1,879	$1,568
Housing units	931	2,473
Homeownership rate	89.9%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rossmoor
Population	2,503 → 2,952 (+17.9%)	2,643 → 3,136 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$103,036 → $111,111 (+7.8%)	$45,711 → $54,367 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$334,200 → $379,100 (+13.4%)	$119,200 → $184,800 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,450 → $1,879 (-23.3%)	$1,427 → $1,568 (+9.9%)

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

Rossmoor

Population

2,6433,136

Median household income

$45,711$54,367

Median home value

$119,200$184,800

Median gross rent

$1,427$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rossmoor
Under 5	8.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	1.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	1.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	0.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	33.9%
75 and over	7.8%	47.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rossmoor
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	86.8%
Black or African American	8.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.9%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rossmoor
No high school diploma	11.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	30.2%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rossmoor
Drove alone	61.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	11.3%	1.8%
Walked	4.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	11.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rossmoor
1-unit, detached	86.0%	14.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	58.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rossmoor
Poverty rate	6.0%	8.7%
Average household size	3.28	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1954	1973