Mount Arlington vs Rockaway

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

Mount Arlington 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 5,901 in Mount Arlington). Rockaway has the higher median household income ($100,028 vs $99,511 in Mount Arlington). Rockaway has the higher median home value ($427,800 vs $393,400 in Mount Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Arlington	Rockaway
Population	5,901	6,589
Median age	45.7 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,511	$100,028
Median home value	$393,400	$427,800
Median gross rent	$2,309	$1,496
Housing units	3,019	2,732
Homeownership rate	71.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Arlington	Rockaway
Population	5,637 → 5,901 (+4.7%)	6,384 → 6,589 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$77,043 → $99,511 (+29.2%)	$96,602 → $100,028 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$305,100 → $393,400 (+28.9%)	$344,800 → $427,800 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,822 → $2,309 (+26.7%)	$1,367 → $1,496 (+9.4%)

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

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)

	Mount Arlington	Rockaway
Under 5	4.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.9%
75 and over	10.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Arlington	Rockaway
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	67.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Arlington	Rockaway
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	21.5%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Arlington	Rockaway
Drove alone	75.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	6.4%
Public transit	1.8%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Arlington	Rockaway
1-unit, detached	48.9%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	20.2%
20 or more units	24.5%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Arlington	Rockaway
Poverty rate	6.3%	6.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1983	1960