Pine Brook vs Towaco

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

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

Pine Brook has the higher population (6,017 vs 5,627 in Towaco). Towaco has the higher median household income ($197,696 vs $146,543 in Pine Brook). Towaco has the higher median home value ($690,900 vs $686,300 in Pine Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Brook	Towaco
Population	6,017	5,627
Median age	39.9 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$146,543	$197,696
Median home value	$686,300	$690,900
Median gross rent	$2,360	$2,726
Housing units	2,288	2,052
Homeownership rate	68.1%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.3%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Brook	Towaco
Population	5,717 → 6,017 (+5.2%)	5,244 → 5,627 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$153,663 → $146,543 (-4.6%)	$91,063 → $197,696 (+117.1%)
Median home value	$664,900 → $686,300 (+3.2%)	$486,600 → $690,900 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,039 → $2,360 (+15.7%)	$2,653 → $2,726 (+2.8%)

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

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)

	Pine Brook	Towaco
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	5.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	8.7%
75 and over	3.7%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Brook	Towaco
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	76.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	22.4%	14.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Brook	Towaco
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.3%
High school graduate	8.0%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Brook	Towaco
Drove alone	69.2%	69.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	5.7%
Walked	2.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	22.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Brook	Towaco
1-unit, detached	67.4%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	20.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pine Brook	Towaco
Poverty rate	5.5%	1.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1971	1973