Landing vs Mendham

A side-by-side comparison of Landing and Mendham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mendham has the higher population (4,977 vs 4,499 in Landing). Mendham has the higher median household income ($223,750 vs $125,407 in Landing). Mendham has the higher median home value ($764,000 vs $382,300 in Landing).

Population, income & housing

	Landing	Mendham
Population	4,499	4,977
Median age	38.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,407	$223,750
Median home value	$382,300	$764,000
Median gross rent	$1,706	$3,250
Housing units	1,626	1,823
Homeownership rate	82.9%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Landing	Mendham
Population	4,456 → 4,499 (+1.0%)	4,917 → 4,977 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$95,656 → $125,407 (+31.1%)	$151,875 → $223,750 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $382,300 (+25.6%)	$662,300 → $764,000 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,256 → $1,706 (+35.8%)	$1,581 → $3,250 (+105.6%)

Landing

Population

4,4564,499

Median household income

$95,656$125,407

Median home value

$304,400$382,300

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,706

Mendham

Population

4,9174,977

Median household income

$151,875$223,750

Median home value

$662,300$764,000

Median gross rent

$1,581$3,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Landing	Mendham
Under 5	3.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	18.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	17.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.6%
75 and over	4.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Landing	Mendham
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	81.8%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Landing	Mendham
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	18.6%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Landing	Mendham
Drove alone	54.5%	59.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	1.9%
Public transit	12.8%	3.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	30.8%
Other means	4.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Landing	Mendham
1-unit, detached	87.5%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Landing	Mendham
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1967	1972