Chatham vs Kinnelon

A side-by-side comparison of Chatham and Kinnelon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kinnelon has the higher population (9,971 vs 9,219 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $178,102 in Kinnelon). Chatham has the higher median home value ($944,300 vs $682,600 in Kinnelon).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Kinnelon
Population	9,219	9,971
Median age	37.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$178,102
Median home value	$944,300	$682,600
Median gross rent	$2,251	$2,307
Housing units	3,003	3,467
Homeownership rate	81.5%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.7%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Kinnelon
Population	8,816 → 9,219 (+4.6%)	10,054 → 9,971 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$192,321 → $250,001 (+30.0%)	$158,000 → $178,102 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$746,300 → $944,300 (+26.5%)	$570,800 → $682,600 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,845 → $2,251 (+22.0%)	$2,040 → $2,307 (+13.1%)

Chatham

Population

8,8169,219

Median household income

$192,321$250,001

Median home value

$746,300$944,300

Median gross rent

$1,845$2,251

Kinnelon

Population

10,0549,971

Median household income

$158,000$178,102

Median home value

$570,800$682,600

Median gross rent

$2,040$2,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Kinnelon
Under 5	7.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	25.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.5%
75 and over	5.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Kinnelon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.6%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Kinnelon
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.0%
High school graduate	5.6%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	8.8%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.1%	42.2%
Graduate or professional degree	42.6%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Kinnelon
Drove alone	45.4%	68.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.0%
Public transit	17.3%	5.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.6%	19.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Kinnelon
1-unit, detached	79.7%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Kinnelon
Poverty rate	2.5%	2.0%
Average household size	3.11	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	39	36
Median year structure built	1951	1973