Port Reading vs Rossmoor

A side-by-side comparison of Port Reading and Rossmoor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Reading has the higher population (3,775 vs 3,136 in Rossmoor). Port Reading has the higher median household income ($142,986 vs $54,367 in Rossmoor). Port Reading has the higher median home value ($414,900 vs $184,800 in Rossmoor).

Population, income & housing

	Port Reading	Rossmoor
Population	3,775	3,136
Median age	40.0 yrs	73.8 yrs
Median household income	$142,986	$54,367
Median home value	$414,900	$184,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,568
Housing units	1,225	2,473
Homeownership rate	93.2%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Reading	Rossmoor
Population	3,864 → 3,775 (-2.3%)	2,643 → 3,136 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$89,022 → $142,986 (+60.6%)	$45,711 → $54,367 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$293,200 → $414,900 (+41.5%)	$119,200 → $184,800 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,365 → $1,307 (-4.2%)	$1,427 → $1,568 (+9.9%)

Port Reading

Population

3,8643,775

Median household income

$89,022$142,986

Median home value

$293,200$414,900

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,307

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)

	Port Reading	Rossmoor
Under 5	5.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	1.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	1.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	0.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	33.9%
75 and over	5.4%	47.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Reading	Rossmoor
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	11.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	44.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Reading	Rossmoor
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Reading	Rossmoor
Drove alone	75.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	7.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Reading	Rossmoor
1-unit, detached	93.1%	14.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	58.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Reading	Rossmoor
Poverty rate	1.8%	8.7%
Average household size	3.21	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1962	1973