Morris Plains vs Rockaway

A side-by-side comparison of Morris Plains and Rockaway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockaway has the higher population (6,589 vs 6,214 in Morris Plains). Morris Plains has the higher median household income ($149,623 vs $100,028 in Rockaway). Morris Plains has the higher median home value ($609,700 vs $427,800 in Rockaway).

Population, income & housing

	Morris Plains	Rockaway
Population	6,214	6,589
Median age	42.2 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$149,623	$100,028
Median home value	$609,700	$427,800
Median gross rent	$2,686	$1,496
Housing units	2,591	2,732
Homeownership rate	74.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.8%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morris Plains	Rockaway
Population	5,748 → 6,214 (+8.1%)	6,384 → 6,589 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$128,438 → $149,623 (+16.5%)	$96,602 → $100,028 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$517,500 → $609,700 (+17.8%)	$344,800 → $427,800 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,524 → $2,686 (+6.4%)	$1,367 → $1,496 (+9.4%)

Morris Plains

Population

5,7486,214

Median household income

$128,438$149,623

Median home value

$517,500$609,700

Median gross rent

$2,524$2,686

Rockaway

Population

6,3846,589

Median household income

$96,602$100,028

Median home value

$344,800$427,800

Median gross rent

$1,367$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morris Plains	Rockaway
Under 5	5.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	18.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.9%
75 and over	5.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morris Plains	Rockaway
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	67.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.6%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morris Plains	Rockaway
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	10.5%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morris Plains	Rockaway
Drove alone	63.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.4%
Public transit	4.2%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	15.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morris Plains	Rockaway
1-unit, detached	71.2%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	20.2%
20 or more units	11.2%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Morris Plains	Rockaway
Poverty rate	3.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1962	1960