Matawan vs Robertsville

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

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

Robertsville has the higher population (11,859 vs 9,636 in Matawan). Robertsville has the higher median household income ($204,421 vs $122,026 in Matawan). Robertsville has the higher median home value ($645,100 vs $447,000 in Matawan).

Population, income & housing

	Matawan	Robertsville
Population	9,636	11,859
Median age	35.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$122,026	$204,421
Median home value	$447,000	$645,100
Median gross rent	$1,714	$2,605
Housing units	3,853	4,053
Homeownership rate	57.2%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matawan	Robertsville
Population	8,747 → 9,636 (+10.2%)	11,874 → 11,859 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$100,127 → $122,026 (+21.9%)	$151,397 → $204,421 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$350,400 → $447,000 (+27.6%)	$496,900 → $645,100 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,506 → $1,714 (+13.8%)	$2,170 → $2,605 (+20.0%)

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

Robertsville

Population

11,87411,859

Median household income

$151,397$204,421

Median home value

$496,900$645,100

Median gross rent

$2,170$2,605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matawan	Robertsville
Under 5	6.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	20.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.7%
75 and over	4.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matawan	Robertsville
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	71.7%
Black or African American	13.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	9.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matawan	Robertsville
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matawan	Robertsville
Drove alone	70.1%	57.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	1.7%
Public transit	6.2%	10.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.2%	29.2%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matawan	Robertsville
1-unit, detached	50.9%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	14.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Matawan	Robertsville
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	42
Median year structure built	1972	1979