Great Notch vs Hewitt

A side-by-side comparison of Great Notch and Hewitt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great Notch has the higher population (3,898 vs 2,797 in Hewitt). Hewitt has the higher median household income ($182,516 vs $151,705 in Great Notch). Great Notch has the higher median home value ($556,300 vs $436,700 in Hewitt).

Population, income & housing

	Great Notch	Hewitt
Population	3,898	2,797
Median age	52.8 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$151,705	$182,516
Median home value	$556,300	$436,700
Median gross rent	$1,826	$2,236
Housing units	1,833	1,160
Homeownership rate	78.2%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	29.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Notch	Hewitt
Population	4,277 → 3,898 (-8.9%)	2,612 → 2,797 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$125,278 → $151,705 (+21.1%)	$156,053 → $182,516 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$449,100 → $556,300 (+23.9%)	$325,500 → $436,700 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,431 → $1,826 (+27.6%)	—

Great Notch

Population

4,2773,898

Median household income

$125,278$151,705

Median home value

$449,100$556,300

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,826

Hewitt

Population

2,6122,797

Median household income

$156,053$182,516

Median home value

$325,500$436,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Notch	Hewitt
Under 5	0.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	3.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	21.3%
55 to 64	23.5%	19.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	13.8%
75 and over	7.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Notch	Hewitt
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Notch	Hewitt
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	16.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Notch	Hewitt
Drove alone	75.9%	59.5%
Carpooled	1.9%	3.2%
Public transit	6.4%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	36.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Notch	Hewitt
1-unit, detached	63.9%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Notch	Hewitt
Poverty rate	1.4%	1.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	47
Median year structure built	1962	1961