Keansburg vs Rumson

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

Keansburg and Rumson 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 7,265 in Rumson). Rumson has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $87,484 in Keansburg). Rumson has the higher median home value ($1,609,400 vs $274,500 in Keansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Keansburg	Rumson
Population	9,729	7,265
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,484	$250,001
Median home value	$274,500	$1,609,400
Median gross rent	$1,649	$2,351
Housing units	4,078	2,459
Homeownership rate	52.3%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	77.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keansburg	Rumson
Population	9,735 → 9,729 (-0.1%)	6,792 → 7,265 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$52,321 → $87,484 (+67.2%)	$188,906 → $250,001 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$193,600 → $274,500 (+41.8%)	$1,171,900 → $1,609,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,325 → $1,649 (+24.5%)	$2,206 → $2,351 (+6.6%)

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

Rumson

Population

6,7927,265

Median household income

$188,906$250,001

Median home value

$1,171,900$1,609,400

Median gross rent

$2,206$2,351

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keansburg	Rumson
Under 5	4.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.3%	4.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	16.2%
55 to 64	18.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.8%
75 and over	5.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keansburg	Rumson
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	93.2%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keansburg	Rumson
No high school diploma	10.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	38.2%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	46.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keansburg	Rumson
Drove alone	67.4%	46.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	2.1%
Public transit	6.5%	15.8%
Walked	1.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	2.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	5.4%	28.2%
Other means	5.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keansburg	Rumson
1-unit, detached	54.5%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Keansburg	Rumson
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.66	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	44
Median year structure built	1961	1966