Monmouth Junction vs Spotswood

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

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

Monmouth Junction has the higher population (9,457 vs 8,112 in Spotswood). Monmouth Junction has the higher median household income ($125,892 vs $101,388 in Spotswood). Monmouth Junction has the higher median home value ($497,100 vs $359,000 in Spotswood).

Population, income & housing

	Monmouth Junction	Spotswood
Population	9,457	8,112
Median age	40.2 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,892	$101,388
Median home value	$497,100	$359,000
Median gross rent	$1,880	$1,097
Housing units	3,624	3,297
Homeownership rate	63.4%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.9%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monmouth Junction	Spotswood
Population	2,906 → 9,457 (+225.4%)	8,269 → 8,112 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$150,500 → $125,892 (-16.4%)	$80,074 → $101,388 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$433,800 → $497,100 (+14.6%)	$305,100 → $359,000 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,356 → $1,880 (-20.2%)	$938 → $1,097 (+17.0%)

Monmouth Junction

Population

2,9069,457

Median household income

$150,500$125,892

Median home value

$433,800$497,100

Median gross rent

$2,356$1,880

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)

	Monmouth Junction	Spotswood
Under 5	4.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.7%
75 and over	2.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monmouth Junction	Spotswood
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	75.9%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	55.2%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monmouth Junction	Spotswood
No high school diploma	4.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	10.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.6%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monmouth Junction	Spotswood
Drove alone	66.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.4%
Public transit	3.2%	2.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	13.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monmouth Junction	Spotswood
1-unit, detached	40.9%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	23.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	3.6%
20 or more units	11.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Monmouth Junction	Spotswood
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1992	1967