Gillette vs Stirling

A side-by-side comparison of Gillette and Stirling: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stirling has the higher population (2,868 vs 2,739 in Gillette). Gillette has the higher median household income ($160,272 vs $158,043 in Stirling). Stirling has the higher median home value ($671,800 vs $634,400 in Gillette).

Population, income & housing

	Gillette	Stirling
Population	2,739	2,868
Median age	42.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$160,272	$158,043
Median home value	$634,400	$671,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,710
Housing units	1,083	888
Homeownership rate	94.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gillette	Stirling
Population	2,635 → 2,739 (+3.9%)	2,700 → 2,868 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$150,712 → $160,272 (+6.3%)	$124,883 → $158,043 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$571,800 → $634,400 (+10.9%)	$581,000 → $671,800 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,309 → $3,501 (+5.8%)	$1,553 → $1,710 (+10.1%)

Gillette

Population

2,6352,739

Median household income

$150,712$160,272

Median home value

$571,800$634,400

Median gross rent

$3,309$3,501

Stirling

Population

2,7002,868

Median household income

$124,883$158,043

Median home value

$581,000$671,800

Median gross rent

$1,553$1,710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gillette	Stirling
Under 5	4.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	2.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	22.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	9.3%
75 and over	9.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gillette	Stirling
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	68.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gillette	Stirling
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	9.5%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	45.7%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gillette	Stirling
Drove alone	62.1%	69.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.8%
Public transit	1.2%	7.1%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.7%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gillette	Stirling
1-unit, detached	90.9%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gillette	Stirling
Poverty rate	8.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.52	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1964	1964