Milltown vs Spotswood

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

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

Spotswood has the higher population (8,112 vs 6,994 in Milltown). Milltown has the higher median household income ($119,958 vs $101,388 in Spotswood). Milltown has the higher median home value ($423,000 vs $359,000 in Spotswood).

Population, income & housing

	Milltown	Spotswood
Population	6,994	8,112
Median age	40.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,958	$101,388
Median home value	$423,000	$359,000
Median gross rent	$1,500	$1,097
Housing units	2,632	3,297
Homeownership rate	76.0%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milltown	Spotswood
Population	6,998 → 6,994 (-0.1%)	8,269 → 8,112 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$101,563 → $119,958 (+18.1%)	$80,074 → $101,388 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$343,000 → $423,000 (+23.3%)	$305,100 → $359,000 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $1,500 (-10.3%)	$938 → $1,097 (+17.0%)

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

Spotswood

Population

8,2698,112

Median household income

$80,074$101,388

Median home value

$305,100$359,000

Median gross rent

$938$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milltown	Spotswood
Under 5	6.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	12.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	17.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	14.7%
75 and over	3.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milltown	Spotswood
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	75.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.4%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milltown	Spotswood
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	19.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milltown	Spotswood
Drove alone	80.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.4%
Public transit	4.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	13.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milltown	Spotswood
1-unit, detached	83.9%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.2%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Milltown	Spotswood
Poverty rate	1.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.73	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1962	1967