Lincroft vs Rumson

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

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

Rumson has the higher population (7,265 vs 6,901 in Lincroft). Rumson has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $168,945 in Lincroft). Rumson has the higher median home value ($1,609,400 vs $719,000 in Lincroft).

Population, income & housing

	Lincroft	Rumson
Population	6,901	7,265
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$168,945	$250,001
Median home value	$719,000	$1,609,400
Median gross rent	$843	$2,351
Housing units	2,445	2,459
Homeownership rate	88.3%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.4%	77.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincroft	Rumson
Population	6,405 → 6,901 (+7.7%)	6,792 → 7,265 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$152,557 → $168,945 (+10.7%)	$188,906 → $250,001 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$577,900 → $719,000 (+24.4%)	$1,171,900 → $1,609,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $843 (+100.7%)	$2,206 → $2,351 (+6.6%)

Lincroft

Population

6,4056,901

Median household income

$152,557$168,945

Median home value

$577,900$719,000

Median gross rent

$420$843

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)

	Lincroft	Rumson
Under 5	8.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	4.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	18.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.8%
75 and over	8.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincroft	Rumson
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincroft	Rumson
No high school diploma	1.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	19.1%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.2%	46.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincroft	Rumson
Drove alone	64.6%	46.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.1%
Public transit	7.3%	15.8%
Walked	0.7%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	20.5%	28.2%
Other means	2.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincroft	Rumson
1-unit, detached	82.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lincroft	Rumson
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.79	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	40	44
Median year structure built	1972	1966