Rockaway vs Towaco

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

Rockaway and Towaco 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 5,627 in Towaco). Towaco has the higher median household income ($197,696 vs $100,028 in Rockaway). Towaco has the higher median home value ($690,900 vs $427,800 in Rockaway).

Population, income & housing

	Rockaway	Towaco
Population	6,589	5,627
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,028	$197,696
Median home value	$427,800	$690,900
Median gross rent	$1,496	$2,726
Housing units	2,732	2,052
Homeownership rate	57.8%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockaway	Towaco
Population	6,384 → 6,589 (+3.2%)	5,244 → 5,627 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$96,602 → $100,028 (+3.5%)	$91,063 → $197,696 (+117.1%)
Median home value	$344,800 → $427,800 (+24.1%)	$486,600 → $690,900 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,367 → $1,496 (+9.4%)	$2,653 → $2,726 (+2.8%)

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

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)

	Rockaway	Towaco
Under 5	4.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	19.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.7%
75 and over	4.9%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockaway	Towaco
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	14.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockaway	Towaco
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockaway	Towaco
Drove alone	74.4%	69.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	2.3%
Public transit	1.1%	5.7%
Walked	2.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	22.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockaway	Towaco
1-unit, detached	51.4%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockaway	Towaco
Poverty rate	6.3%	1.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1960	1973