Netcong vs Stirling

A side-by-side comparison of Netcong and Stirling: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Netcong has the higher population (3,543 vs 2,868 in Stirling). Stirling has the higher median household income ($158,043 vs $92,596 in Netcong). Stirling has the higher median home value ($671,800 vs $344,300 in Netcong).

Population, income & housing

	Netcong	Stirling
Population	3,543	2,868
Median age	43.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,596	$158,043
Median home value	$344,300	$671,800
Median gross rent	$1,396	$1,710
Housing units	1,973	888
Homeownership rate	52.9%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Netcong	Stirling
Population	3,177 → 3,543 (+11.5%)	2,700 → 2,868 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $92,596 (+33.5%)	$124,883 → $158,043 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$273,000 → $344,300 (+26.1%)	$581,000 → $671,800 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,166 → $1,396 (+19.7%)	$1,553 → $1,710 (+10.1%)

Netcong

Population

3,1773,543

Median household income

$69,375$92,596

Median home value

$273,000$344,300

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,396

Stirling

Population

2,7002,868

Median household income

$124,883$158,043

Median home value

$581,000$671,800

Median gross rent

$1,553$1,710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Netcong	Stirling
Under 5	7.6%	11.5%
5 to 17	7.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	25.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.3%
75 and over	6.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Netcong	Stirling
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	68.1%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Netcong	Stirling
No high school diploma	6.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	28.7%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Netcong	Stirling
Drove alone	71.8%	69.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	7.1%
Walked	0.1%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	15.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Netcong	Stirling
1-unit, detached	65.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Netcong	Stirling
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.6%
Average household size	1.94	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1956	1964