Pine Brook vs Wharton

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

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

Wharton has the higher population (7,254 vs 6,017 in Pine Brook). Pine Brook has the higher median household income ($146,543 vs $92,548 in Wharton). Pine Brook has the higher median home value ($686,300 vs $348,100 in Wharton).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Brook	Wharton
Population	6,017	7,254
Median age	39.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$146,543	$92,548
Median home value	$686,300	$348,100
Median gross rent	$2,360	$1,886
Housing units	2,288	2,923
Homeownership rate	68.1%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.3%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Brook	Wharton
Population	5,717 → 6,017 (+5.2%)	6,474 → 7,254 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$153,663 → $146,543 (-4.6%)	$80,000 → $92,548 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$664,900 → $686,300 (+3.2%)	$299,600 → $348,100 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,039 → $2,360 (+15.7%)	$1,681 → $1,886 (+12.2%)

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

Wharton

Population

6,4747,254

Median household income

$80,000$92,548

Median home value

$299,600$348,100

Median gross rent

$1,681$1,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Brook	Wharton
Under 5	5.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	18.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.7%
75 and over	3.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Brook	Wharton
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	44.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	22.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	51.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Brook	Wharton
No high school diploma	0.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	8.0%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Brook	Wharton
Drove alone	69.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	2.3%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Brook	Wharton
1-unit, detached	67.4%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	20.8%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pine Brook	Wharton
Poverty rate	5.5%	18.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1971	1968