Brookside vs Port Morris

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Port Morris: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookside and Port Morris 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 1,141 in Port Morris). Brookside has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $65,070 in Port Morris). Brookside has the higher median home value ($892,500 vs $391,400 in Port Morris).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Port Morris
Population	1,287	1,141
Median age	41.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$65,070
Median home value	$892,500	$391,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,493
Housing units	485	493
Homeownership rate	88.7%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Port Morris
Population	1,399 → 1,287 (-8.0%)	949 → 1,141 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$164,333 → $250,001 (+52.1%)	$56,717 → $65,070 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$649,700 → $892,500 (+37.4%)	$332,700 → $391,400 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,913 → $3,501 (+83.0%)	$1,540 → $1,493 (-3.1%)

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

Port Morris

Population

9491,141

Median household income

$56,717$65,070

Median home value

$332,700$391,400

Median gross rent

$1,540$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Port Morris
Under 5	4.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	20.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	5.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	18.4%
75 and over	9.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Port Morris
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	66.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Port Morris
No high school diploma	0.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	8.7%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	45.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Port Morris
Drove alone	76.2%	61.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	14.5%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Port Morris
1-unit, detached	91.1%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Port Morris
Poverty rate	2.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.65	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1968	1957