Boonton vs Whippany

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

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

Whippany has the higher population (8,862 vs 8,803 in Boonton). Whippany has the higher median household income ($153,725 vs $100,417 in Boonton). Whippany has the higher median home value ($612,500 vs $475,300 in Boonton).

Population, income & housing

	Boonton	Whippany
Population	8,803	8,862
Median age	40.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$153,725
Median home value	$475,300	$612,500
Median gross rent	$1,761	$2,619
Housing units	3,757	3,691
Homeownership rate	56.8%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonton	Whippany
Population	8,398 → 8,803 (+4.8%)	8,780 → 8,862 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$87,027 → $100,417 (+15.4%)	$121,005 → $153,725 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$386,100 → $475,300 (+23.1%)	$518,900 → $612,500 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,316 → $1,761 (+33.8%)	$1,816 → $2,619 (+44.2%)

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

Whippany

Population

8,7808,862

Median household income

$121,005$153,725

Median home value

$518,900$612,500

Median gross rent

$1,816$2,619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonton	Whippany
Under 5	5.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	21.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.7%
75 and over	4.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonton	Whippany
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	71.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonton	Whippany
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	24.8%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	26.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonton	Whippany
Drove alone	78.7%	70.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.6%	3.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	21.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonton	Whippany
1-unit, detached	55.7%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	8.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boonton	Whippany
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1955	1974