Rumson vs Yorketown

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

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

Both have a population of 7,265. Rumson has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $163,375 in Yorketown). Rumson has the higher median home value ($1,609,400 vs $575,700 in Yorketown).

Population, income & housing

	Rumson	Yorketown
Population	7,265	7,265
Median age	43.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$163,375
Median home value	$1,609,400	$575,700
Median gross rent	$2,351	$2,607
Housing units	2,459	2,234
Homeownership rate	93.2%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.7%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rumson	Yorketown
Population	6,792 → 7,265 (+7.0%)	6,459 → 7,265 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$188,906 → $250,001 (+32.3%)	$121,406 → $163,375 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$1,171,900 → $1,609,400 (+37.3%)	$446,300 → $575,700 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,206 → $2,351 (+6.6%)	$1,750 → $2,607 (+49.0%)

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

Yorketown

Population

6,4597,265

Median household income

$121,406$163,375

Median home value

$446,300$575,700

Median gross rent

$1,750$2,607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rumson	Yorketown
Under 5	4.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	4.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.5%
75 and over	6.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rumson	Yorketown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rumson	Yorketown
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	7.3%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	46.5%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rumson	Yorketown
Drove alone	46.6%	62.3%
Carpooled	2.1%	9.6%
Public transit	15.8%	6.8%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.2%	18.4%
Other means	0.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rumson	Yorketown
1-unit, detached	96.7%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rumson	Yorketown
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.3%
Average household size	3.08	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	44	44
Median year structure built	1966	1970