Hawthorne vs Preakness

A side-by-side comparison of Hawthorne and Preakness: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hawthorne has the higher population (19,472 vs 18,538 in Preakness). Preakness has the higher median household income ($133,168 vs $118,093 in Hawthorne). Preakness has the higher median home value ($603,200 vs $499,200 in Hawthorne).

Population, income & housing

	Hawthorne	Preakness
Population	19,472	18,538
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,093	$133,168
Median home value	$499,200	$603,200
Median gross rent	$1,828	$1,946
Housing units	8,033	6,906
Homeownership rate	68.2%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawthorne	Preakness
Population	18,784 → 19,472 (+3.7%)	18,300 → 18,538 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$97,692 → $118,093 (+20.9%)	$120,380 → $133,168 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$381,000 → $499,200 (+31.0%)	$489,900 → $603,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,828 (+23.1%)	$1,637 → $1,946 (+18.9%)

Hawthorne

Population

18,78419,472

Median household income

$97,692$118,093

Median home value

$381,000$499,200

Median gross rent

$1,485$1,828

Preakness

Population

18,30018,538

Median household income

$120,380$133,168

Median home value

$489,900$603,200

Median gross rent

$1,637$1,946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawthorne	Preakness
Under 5	3.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.3%
75 and over	7.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawthorne	Preakness
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	71.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawthorne	Preakness
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawthorne	Preakness
Drove alone	81.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.7%
Public transit	2.4%	6.8%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawthorne	Preakness
1-unit, detached	52.5%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	30.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	12.8%
20 or more units	5.0%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hawthorne	Preakness
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1953	1967