Kenvil vs Rainbow Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Kenvil and Rainbow Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kenvil has the higher population (1,719 vs 1,376 in Rainbow Lakes). Rainbow Lakes has the higher median household income ($109,083 vs $81,250 in Kenvil). Rainbow Lakes has the higher median home value ($531,700 vs $338,800 in Kenvil).

Population, income & housing

	Kenvil	Rainbow Lakes
Population	1,719	1,376
Median age	42.3 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$109,083
Median home value	$338,800	$531,700
Median gross rent	$2,068	$2,079
Housing units	666	534
Homeownership rate	78.7%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenvil	Rainbow Lakes
Population	3,013 → 1,719 (-42.9%)	1,276 → 1,376 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $81,250 (-3.0%)	$110,781 → $109,083 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$323,000 → $338,800 (+4.9%)	$430,400 → $531,700 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $2,068 (+32.0%)	$1,878 → $2,079 (+10.7%)

Kenvil

Population

3,0131,719

Median household income

$83,750$81,250

Median home value

$323,000$338,800

Median gross rent

$1,567$2,068

Rainbow Lakes

Population

1,2761,376

Median household income

$110,781$109,083

Median home value

$430,400$531,700

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenvil	Rainbow Lakes
Under 5	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	2.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	19.8%
35 to 44	20.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	19.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	1.2%
75 and over	10.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenvil	Rainbow Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	64.2%
Black or African American	7.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenvil	Rainbow Lakes
No high school diploma	8.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	41.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenvil	Rainbow Lakes
Drove alone	87.7%	69.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenvil	Rainbow Lakes
1-unit, detached	88.0%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kenvil	Rainbow Lakes
Poverty rate	6.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1942	1964