Boonton vs Chatham

A side-by-side comparison of Boonton and Chatham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatham has the higher population (9,219 vs 8,803 in Boonton). Chatham has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $100,417 in Boonton). Chatham has the higher median home value ($944,300 vs $475,300 in Boonton).

Population, income & housing

	Boonton	Chatham
Population	8,803	9,219
Median age	40.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$250,001
Median home value	$475,300	$944,300
Median gross rent	$1,761	$2,251
Housing units	3,757	3,003
Homeownership rate	56.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	84.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonton	Chatham
Population	8,398 → 8,803 (+4.8%)	8,816 → 9,219 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$87,027 → $100,417 (+15.4%)	$192,321 → $250,001 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$386,100 → $475,300 (+23.1%)	$746,300 → $944,300 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,316 → $1,761 (+33.8%)	$1,845 → $2,251 (+22.0%)

Boonton

Population

8,3988,803

Median household income

$87,027$100,417

Median home value

$386,100$475,300

Median gross rent

$1,316$1,761

Chatham

Population

8,8169,219

Median household income

$192,321$250,001

Median home value

$746,300$944,300

Median gross rent

$1,845$2,251

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonton	Chatham
Under 5	5.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	25.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.4%
75 and over	4.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonton	Chatham
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	80.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonton	Chatham
No high school diploma	5.6%	0.8%
High school graduate	24.8%	5.6%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	42.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	42.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonton	Chatham
Drove alone	78.7%	45.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.1%
Public transit	0.6%	17.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	32.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonton	Chatham
1-unit, detached	55.7%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boonton	Chatham
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.5%
Average household size	2.46	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	1955	1951