Ledgewood vs Mendham

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

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

Ledgewood has the higher population (5,150 vs 4,977 in Mendham). Mendham has the higher median household income ($223,750 vs $125,000 in Ledgewood). Mendham has the higher median home value ($764,000 vs $454,100 in Ledgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Ledgewood	Mendham
Population	5,150	4,977
Median age	45.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,000	$223,750
Median home value	$454,100	$764,000
Median gross rent	$1,570	$3,250
Housing units	2,064	1,823
Homeownership rate	83.5%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.5%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ledgewood	Mendham
Population	5,341 → 5,150 (-3.6%)	4,917 → 4,977 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$99,044 → $125,000 (+26.2%)	$151,875 → $223,750 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$374,700 → $454,100 (+21.2%)	$662,300 → $764,000 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,716 → $1,570 (-8.5%)	$1,581 → $3,250 (+105.6%)

Ledgewood

Population

5,3415,150

Median household income

$99,044$125,000

Median home value

$374,700$454,100

Median gross rent

$1,716$1,570

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)

	Ledgewood	Mendham
Under 5	2.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	20.8%	17.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.6%
75 and over	5.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ledgewood	Mendham
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	81.8%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.0%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ledgewood	Mendham
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	13.6%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ledgewood	Mendham
Drove alone	77.9%	59.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	1.9%
Public transit	1.2%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	30.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ledgewood	Mendham
1-unit, detached	59.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	9.3%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ledgewood	Mendham
Poverty rate	2.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1992	1972