Pine Brook vs Rockaway

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

Pine Brook 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 6,017 in Pine Brook). Pine Brook has the higher median household income ($146,543 vs $100,028 in Rockaway). Pine Brook has the higher median home value ($686,300 vs $427,800 in Rockaway).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Brook	Rockaway
Population	6,017	6,589
Median age	39.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$146,543	$100,028
Median home value	$686,300	$427,800
Median gross rent	$2,360	$1,496
Housing units	2,288	2,732
Homeownership rate	68.1%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.3%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Brook	Rockaway
Population	5,717 → 6,017 (+5.2%)	6,384 → 6,589 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$153,663 → $146,543 (-4.6%)	$96,602 → $100,028 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$664,900 → $686,300 (+3.2%)	$344,800 → $427,800 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,039 → $2,360 (+15.7%)	$1,367 → $1,496 (+9.4%)

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

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)

	Pine Brook	Rockaway
Under 5	5.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	19.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.9%
75 and over	3.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Brook	Rockaway
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	67.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	22.4%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Brook	Rockaway
No high school diploma	0.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	8.0%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Brook	Rockaway
Drove alone	69.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Brook	Rockaway
1-unit, detached	67.4%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	20.2%
20 or more units	20.8%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Pine Brook	Rockaway
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1971	1960