Brookside vs Mount Tabor

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Mount Tabor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookside has the higher population (1,287 vs 1,127 in Mount Tabor). Brookside has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $113,594 in Mount Tabor). Brookside has the higher median home value ($892,500 vs $415,600 in Mount Tabor).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Mount Tabor
Population	1,287	1,127
Median age	41.5 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$113,594
Median home value	$892,500	$415,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	485	502
Homeownership rate	88.7%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Mount Tabor
Population	1,399 → 1,287 (-8.0%)	765 → 1,127 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$164,333 → $250,001 (+52.1%)	$95,809 → $113,594 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$649,700 → $892,500 (+37.4%)	$343,100 → $415,600 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,913 → $3,501 (+83.0%)	—

Brookside

Population

1,3991,287

Median household income

$164,333$250,001

Median home value

$649,700$892,500

Median gross rent

$1,913$3,501

Mount Tabor

Population

7651,127

Median household income

$95,809$113,594

Median home value

$343,100$415,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Mount Tabor
Under 5	4.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	9.8%
18 to 24	12.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	3.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	19.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	20.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	7.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	16.1%
75 and over	9.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Mount Tabor
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	9.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Mount Tabor
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	8.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	45.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Mount Tabor
Drove alone	76.2%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	13.8%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Mount Tabor
1-unit, detached	91.1%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Mount Tabor
Poverty rate	2.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1968	1938