Ramtown vs Rumson

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

Ramtown 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 6,410 in Ramtown). Rumson has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $138,967 in Ramtown). Rumson has the higher median home value ($1,609,400 vs $452,500 in Ramtown).

Population, income & housing

	Ramtown	Rumson
Population	6,410	7,265
Median age	38.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$138,967	$250,001
Median home value	$452,500	$1,609,400
Median gross rent	—	$2,351
Housing units	2,310	2,459
Homeownership rate	96.0%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	77.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ramtown	Rumson
Population	6,393 → 6,410 (+0.3%)	6,792 → 7,265 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$124,426 → $138,967 (+11.7%)	$188,906 → $250,001 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$341,000 → $452,500 (+32.7%)	$1,171,900 → $1,609,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,063 → $2,074 (+0.5%)	$2,206 → $2,351 (+6.6%)

Ramtown

Population

6,3936,410

Median household income

$124,426$138,967

Median home value

$341,000$452,500

Median gross rent

$2,063$2,074

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)

	Ramtown	Rumson
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	4.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.9%	16.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.8%
75 and over	4.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ramtown	Rumson
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ramtown	Rumson
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	24.5%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	46.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ramtown	Rumson
Drove alone	77.8%	46.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	2.1%
Public transit	1.2%	15.8%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	13.1%	28.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ramtown	Rumson
1-unit, detached	92.1%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ramtown	Rumson
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.2%
Average household size	2.89	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	37	44
Median year structure built	1987	1966