New Vernon vs Port Morris

A side-by-side comparison of New Vernon and Port Morris: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Morris has the higher population (1,141 vs 791 in New Vernon). New Vernon has the higher median home value ($1,606,500 vs $391,400 in Port Morris). Since 2019, Port Morris's population has grown faster (+20.2% vs -7.1%).

Population, income & housing

	New Vernon	Port Morris
Population	791	1,141
Median age	50.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,070
Median home value	$1,606,500	$391,400
Median gross rent	$3,205	$1,493
Housing units	310	493
Homeownership rate	59.7%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Vernon	Port Morris
Population	851 → 791 (-7.1%)	949 → 1,141 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $100,844 (+55.1%)	$56,717 → $65,070 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $1,606,500 (-19.7%)	$332,700 → $391,400 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,417 → $3,205 (+32.6%)	$1,540 → $1,493 (-3.1%)

New Vernon

Population

851791

Median household income

$65,000$100,844

Median home value

$2,000,001$1,606,500

Median gross rent

$2,417$3,205

Port Morris

Population

9491,141

Median household income

$56,717$65,070

Median home value

$332,700$391,400

Median gross rent

$1,540$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Vernon	Port Morris
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	25.3%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	5.4%
55 to 64	19.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	17.2%	18.4%
75 and over	1.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Vernon	Port Morris
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	66.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Vernon	Port Morris
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	7.5%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	43.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	32.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Vernon	Port Morris
Drove alone	74.2%	61.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.0%
Public transit	11.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Vernon	Port Morris
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Vernon	Port Morris
Poverty rate	11.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1951	1957