Mount Arlington vs Towaco

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

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

Mount Arlington has the higher population (5,901 vs 5,627 in Towaco). Towaco has the higher median household income ($197,696 vs $99,511 in Mount Arlington). Towaco has the higher median home value ($690,900 vs $393,400 in Mount Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Arlington	Towaco
Population	5,901	5,627
Median age	45.7 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,511	$197,696
Median home value	$393,400	$690,900
Median gross rent	$2,309	$2,726
Housing units	3,019	2,052
Homeownership rate	71.7%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Arlington	Towaco
Population	5,637 → 5,901 (+4.7%)	5,244 → 5,627 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$77,043 → $99,511 (+29.2%)	$91,063 → $197,696 (+117.1%)
Median home value	$305,100 → $393,400 (+28.9%)	$486,600 → $690,900 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,822 → $2,309 (+26.7%)	$2,653 → $2,726 (+2.8%)

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

Towaco

Population

5,2445,627

Median household income

$91,063$197,696

Median home value

$486,600$690,900

Median gross rent

$2,653$2,726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Arlington	Towaco
Under 5	4.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	18.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.7%
75 and over	10.7%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Arlington	Towaco
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	76.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	14.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Arlington	Towaco
No high school diploma	2.1%	0.3%
High school graduate	21.5%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Arlington	Towaco
Drove alone	75.5%	69.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	2.3%
Public transit	1.8%	5.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	22.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Arlington	Towaco
1-unit, detached	48.9%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	24.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Arlington	Towaco
Poverty rate	6.3%	1.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1983	1973