Keansburg vs Matawan

A side-by-side comparison of Keansburg and Matawan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Keansburg has the higher population (9,729 vs 9,636 in Matawan). Matawan has the higher median household income ($122,026 vs $87,484 in Keansburg). Matawan has the higher median home value ($447,000 vs $274,500 in Keansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Keansburg	Matawan
Population	9,729	9,636
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,484	$122,026
Median home value	$274,500	$447,000
Median gross rent	$1,649	$1,714
Housing units	4,078	3,853
Homeownership rate	52.3%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keansburg	Matawan
Population	9,735 → 9,729 (-0.1%)	8,747 → 9,636 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$52,321 → $87,484 (+67.2%)	$100,127 → $122,026 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$193,600 → $274,500 (+41.8%)	$350,400 → $447,000 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,325 → $1,649 (+24.5%)	$1,506 → $1,714 (+13.8%)

Keansburg

Population

9,7359,729

Median household income

$52,321$87,484

Median home value

$193,600$274,500

Median gross rent

$1,325$1,649

Matawan

Population

8,7479,636

Median household income

$100,127$122,026

Median home value

$350,400$447,000

Median gross rent

$1,506$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keansburg	Matawan
Under 5	4.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	20.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.0%
75 and over	5.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keansburg	Matawan
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	59.7%
Black or African American	10.6%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keansburg	Matawan
No high school diploma	10.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	38.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keansburg	Matawan
Drove alone	67.4%	70.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.3%
Public transit	6.5%	6.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.4%	17.2%
Other means	5.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keansburg	Matawan
1-unit, detached	54.5%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	17.2%
20 or more units	9.3%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Keansburg	Matawan
Poverty rate	11.4%	10.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1961	1972