Mount Arlington vs Pine Brook

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Arlington and Pine Brook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pine Brook has the higher population (6,017 vs 5,901 in Mount Arlington). Pine Brook has the higher median household income ($146,543 vs $99,511 in Mount Arlington). Pine Brook has the higher median home value ($686,300 vs $393,400 in Mount Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Arlington	Pine Brook
Population	5,901	6,017
Median age	45.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,511	$146,543
Median home value	$393,400	$686,300
Median gross rent	$2,309	$2,360
Housing units	3,019	2,288
Homeownership rate	71.7%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Arlington	Pine Brook
Population	5,637 → 5,901 (+4.7%)	5,717 → 6,017 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$77,043 → $99,511 (+29.2%)	$153,663 → $146,543 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$305,100 → $393,400 (+28.9%)	$664,900 → $686,300 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,822 → $2,309 (+26.7%)	$2,039 → $2,360 (+15.7%)

Mount Arlington

Population

5,6375,901

Median household income

$77,043$99,511

Median home value

$305,100$393,400

Median gross rent

$1,822$2,309

Pine Brook

Population

5,7176,017

Median household income

$153,663$146,543

Median home value

$664,900$686,300

Median gross rent

$2,039$2,360

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Arlington	Pine Brook
Under 5	4.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.2%
75 and over	10.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Arlington	Pine Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	66.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	22.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Arlington	Pine Brook
No high school diploma	2.1%	0.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Arlington	Pine Brook
Drove alone	75.5%	69.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	2.3%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	26.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Arlington	Pine Brook
1-unit, detached	48.9%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	24.5%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Arlington	Pine Brook
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1983	1971