Shrewsbury vs Wanamassa

A side-by-side comparison of Shrewsbury and Wanamassa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wanamassa has the higher population (4,344 vs 4,162 in Shrewsbury). Wanamassa has the higher median household income ($167,712 vs $144,500 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($735,900 vs $526,400 in Wanamassa).

Population, income & housing

	Shrewsbury	Wanamassa
Population	4,162	4,344
Median age	42.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$144,500	$167,712
Median home value	$735,900	$526,400
Median gross rent	$3,300	$1,836
Housing units	1,526	1,708
Homeownership rate	84.1%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.0%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shrewsbury	Wanamassa
Population	4,086 → 4,162 (+1.9%)	4,630 → 4,344 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$124,474 → $144,500 (+16.1%)	$122,344 → $167,712 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$589,400 → $735,900 (+24.9%)	$372,100 → $526,400 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,735 → $3,300 (+20.7%)	$1,414 → $1,836 (+29.8%)

Shrewsbury

Population

4,0864,162

Median household income

$124,474$144,500

Median home value

$589,400$735,900

Median gross rent

$2,735$3,300

Wanamassa

Population

4,6304,344

Median household income

$122,344$167,712

Median home value

$372,100$526,400

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shrewsbury	Wanamassa
Under 5	10.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	18.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.8%
75 and over	12.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shrewsbury	Wanamassa
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shrewsbury	Wanamassa
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	14.2%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shrewsbury	Wanamassa
Drove alone	68.1%	68.3%
Carpooled	0.5%	0.6%
Public transit	7.6%	1.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	26.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shrewsbury	Wanamassa
1-unit, detached	85.5%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shrewsbury	Wanamassa
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1960	1955