Brookside vs New Vernon

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and New Vernon: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookside and New Vernon 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 791 in New Vernon). New Vernon has the higher median home value ($1,606,500 vs $892,500 in Brookside). Since 2019, New Vernon's population has grown faster (-7.1% vs -8.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	New Vernon
Population	1,287	791
Median age	41.5 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	—
Median home value	$892,500	$1,606,500
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,205
Housing units	485	310
Homeownership rate	88.7%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	75.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	New Vernon
Population	1,399 → 1,287 (-8.0%)	851 → 791 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$164,333 → $250,001 (+52.1%)	$65,000 → $100,844 (+55.1%)
Median home value	$649,700 → $892,500 (+37.4%)	$2,000,001 → $1,606,500 (-19.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,913 → $3,501 (+83.0%)	$2,417 → $3,205 (+32.6%)

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

New Vernon

Population

851791

Median household income

$65,000$100,844

Median home value

$2,000,001$1,606,500

Median gross rent

$2,417$3,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	New Vernon
Under 5	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	25.3%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	17.2%
75 and over	9.6%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	New Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	New Vernon
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	8.7%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	45.1%	43.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	32.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	New Vernon
Drove alone	76.2%	74.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	11.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	14.6%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	New Vernon
1-unit, detached	91.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	New Vernon
Poverty rate	2.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1968	1951