Old Bridge vs Sayreville

A side-by-side comparison of Old Bridge and Sayreville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sayreville has the higher population (45,237 vs 28,015 in Old Bridge). Old Bridge has the higher median household income ($106,934 vs $98,629 in Sayreville). Old Bridge has the higher median home value ($457,800 vs $407,600 in Sayreville).

Population, income & housing

	Old Bridge	Sayreville
Population	28,015	45,237
Median age	43.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$106,934	$98,629
Median home value	$457,800	$407,600
Median gross rent	$1,426	$1,641
Housing units	10,751	17,435
Homeownership rate	73.8%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Bridge	Sayreville
Population	23,545 → 28,015 (+19.0%)	44,292 → 45,237 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$105,562 → $106,934 (+1.3%)	$81,883 → $98,629 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$365,600 → $457,800 (+25.2%)	$302,800 → $407,600 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,426 (+30.6%)	$1,332 → $1,641 (+23.2%)

Old Bridge

Population

23,54528,015

Median household income

$105,562$106,934

Median home value

$365,600$457,800

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,426

Sayreville

Population

44,29245,237

Median household income

$81,883$98,629

Median home value

$302,800$407,600

Median gross rent

$1,332$1,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Bridge	Sayreville
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.8%
75 and over	7.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Bridge	Sayreville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	45.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	12.4%	16.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Bridge	Sayreville
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Bridge	Sayreville
Drove alone	69.9%	70.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.1%
Public transit	7.1%	5.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.6%	10.4%
Other means	0.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Bridge	Sayreville
1-unit, detached	71.2%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	15.9%
20 or more units	8.5%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Old Bridge	Sayreville
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1967	1973