Menlo Park Terrace vs Rutgers University-Livingston Campus

A side-by-side comparison of Menlo Park Terrace and Rutgers University-Livingston Campus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rutgers University-Livingston Campus has the higher population (3,041 vs 2,952 in Menlo Park Terrace). Since 2019, Rutgers University-Livingston Campus's population has grown faster (+56.7% vs +17.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Population	2,952	3,041
Median age	40.1 yrs	19.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,111	—
Median home value	$379,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,879	—
Housing units	931	0
Homeownership rate	89.9%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	91.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Population	2,503 → 2,952 (+17.9%)	1,941 → 3,041 (+56.7%)
Median household income	$103,036 → $111,111 (+7.8%)	—
Median home value	$334,200 → $379,100 (+13.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$2,450 → $1,879 (-23.3%)	—

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

Rutgers University-Livingston Campus

Population

1,9413,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	0.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	97.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	1.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	0.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	0.0%
75 and over	7.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	76.1%
Black or African American	8.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.9%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
No high school diploma	11.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	8.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	70.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Drove alone	61.8%	22.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	2.2%
Public transit	11.3%	1.4%
Walked	4.3%	56.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	12.2%
Other means	0.8%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
1-unit, detached	86.0%	—
1-unit, attached	0.0%	—
2 to 4 units	4.2%	—
5 to 19 units	5.3%	—
20 or more units	4.5%	—
Mobile home & other	0.0%	—

Poverty & households

	Menlo Park Terrace	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus
Poverty rate	6.0%	—
Average household size	3.28	—
Mean commute (minutes)	30	12
Median year structure built	1954	—