Flanders vs Whippany

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

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

Flanders has the higher population (8,949 vs 8,862 in Whippany). Whippany has the higher median household income ($153,725 vs $149,769 in Flanders). Whippany has the higher median home value ($612,500 vs $492,600 in Flanders).

Population, income & housing

	Flanders	Whippany
Population	8,949	8,862
Median age	43.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$149,769	$153,725
Median home value	$492,600	$612,500
Median gross rent	$1,872	$2,619
Housing units	3,792	3,691
Homeownership rate	59.0%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flanders	Whippany
Population	8,744 → 8,949 (+2.3%)	8,780 → 8,862 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$121,201 → $149,769 (+23.6%)	$121,005 → $153,725 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$402,700 → $492,600 (+22.3%)	$518,900 → $612,500 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,629 → $1,872 (+14.9%)	$1,816 → $2,619 (+44.2%)

Flanders

Population

8,7448,949

Median household income

$121,201$149,769

Median home value

$402,700$492,600

Median gross rent

$1,629$1,872

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)

	Flanders	Whippany
Under 5	4.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	21.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.7%
75 and over	5.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flanders	Whippany
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	71.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.5%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flanders	Whippany
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	19.1%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	26.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flanders	Whippany
Drove alone	68.7%	70.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.4%
Public transit	1.6%	3.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flanders	Whippany
1-unit, detached	58.3%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	8.4%
20 or more units	13.1%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flanders	Whippany
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1978	1974