Port Morris vs Rainbow Lakes

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

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

Rainbow Lakes has the higher population (1,376 vs 1,141 in Port Morris). Rainbow Lakes has the higher median household income ($109,083 vs $65,070 in Port Morris). Rainbow Lakes has the higher median home value ($531,700 vs $391,400 in Port Morris).

Population, income & housing

	Port Morris	Rainbow Lakes
Population	1,141	1,376
Median age	37.1 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,070	$109,083
Median home value	$391,400	$531,700
Median gross rent	$1,493	$2,079
Housing units	493	534
Homeownership rate	61.8%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Morris	Rainbow Lakes
Population	949 → 1,141 (+20.2%)	1,276 → 1,376 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$56,717 → $65,070 (+14.7%)	$110,781 → $109,083 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$332,700 → $391,400 (+17.6%)	$430,400 → $531,700 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,540 → $1,493 (-3.1%)	$1,878 → $2,079 (+10.7%)

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

Rainbow Lakes

Population

1,2761,376

Median household income

$110,781$109,083

Median home value

$430,400$531,700

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Morris	Rainbow Lakes
Under 5	4.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	17.4%	19.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	5.4%	19.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	18.4%	1.2%
75 and over	6.7%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Morris	Rainbow Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	64.2%
Black or African American	10.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Morris	Rainbow Lakes
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	41.2%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	41.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Morris	Rainbow Lakes
Drove alone	61.5%	69.7%
Carpooled	24.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Morris	Rainbow Lakes
1-unit, detached	64.7%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Morris	Rainbow Lakes
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1957	1964