New Egypt vs Waretown

A side-by-side comparison of New Egypt and Waretown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Egypt has the higher population (1,949 vs 1,894 in Waretown). Waretown has the higher median household income ($118,450 vs $67,633 in New Egypt). Waretown has the higher median home value ($498,600 vs $356,200 in New Egypt).

Population, income & housing

	New Egypt	Waretown
Population	1,949	1,894
Median age	42.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,633	$118,450
Median home value	$356,200	$498,600
Median gross rent	$1,479	—
Housing units	952	852
Homeownership rate	53.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Egypt	Waretown
Population	2,460 → 1,949 (-20.8%)	1,964 → 1,894 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$73,522 → $67,633 (-8.0%)	$71,204 → $118,450 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$280,200 → $356,200 (+27.1%)	$275,800 → $498,600 (+80.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,479 (+37.7%)	$1,585 → $1,875 (+18.3%)

New Egypt

Population

2,4601,949

Median household income

$73,522$67,633

Median home value

$280,200$356,200

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,479

Waretown

Population

1,9641,894

Median household income

$71,204$118,450

Median home value

$275,800$498,600

Median gross rent

$1,585$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Egypt	Waretown
Under 5	3.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	27.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	6.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	21.2%	13.9%
75 and over	2.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Egypt	Waretown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Egypt	Waretown
No high school diploma	12.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Egypt	Waretown
Drove alone	97.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Egypt	Waretown
1-unit, detached	64.3%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	18.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Egypt	Waretown
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	34	46
Median year structure built	1973	1967