Boonton vs Flanders

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

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

Flanders has the higher population (8,949 vs 8,803 in Boonton). Flanders has the higher median household income ($149,769 vs $100,417 in Boonton). Flanders has the higher median home value ($492,600 vs $475,300 in Boonton).

Population, income & housing

	Boonton	Flanders
Population	8,803	8,949
Median age	40.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$149,769
Median home value	$475,300	$492,600
Median gross rent	$1,761	$1,872
Housing units	3,757	3,792
Homeownership rate	56.8%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonton	Flanders
Population	8,398 → 8,803 (+4.8%)	8,744 → 8,949 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$87,027 → $100,417 (+15.4%)	$121,201 → $149,769 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$386,100 → $475,300 (+23.1%)	$402,700 → $492,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,316 → $1,761 (+33.8%)	$1,629 → $1,872 (+14.9%)

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

Flanders

Population

8,7448,949

Median household income

$121,201$149,769

Median home value

$402,700$492,600

Median gross rent

$1,629$1,872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonton	Flanders
Under 5	5.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.6%
75 and over	4.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonton	Flanders
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	69.4%
Black or African American	6.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.2%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonton	Flanders
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	24.8%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonton	Flanders
Drove alone	78.7%	68.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.6%	1.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	21.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonton	Flanders
1-unit, detached	55.7%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	19.3%
20 or more units	4.3%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boonton	Flanders
Poverty rate	7.5%	4.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1955	1978