Preakness vs Wanaque

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

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

Preakness has the higher population (18,538 vs 11,162 in Wanaque). Preakness has the higher median household income ($133,168 vs $112,326 in Wanaque). Preakness has the higher median home value ($603,200 vs $366,400 in Wanaque).

Population, income & housing

	Preakness	Wanaque
Population	18,538	11,162
Median age	41.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$133,168	$112,326
Median home value	$603,200	$366,400
Median gross rent	$1,946	$1,885
Housing units	6,906	4,425
Homeownership rate	70.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preakness	Wanaque
Population	18,300 → 18,538 (+1.3%)	11,709 → 11,162 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$120,380 → $133,168 (+10.6%)	$95,023 → $112,326 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$489,900 → $603,200 (+23.1%)	$318,000 → $366,400 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,637 → $1,946 (+18.9%)	$1,595 → $1,885 (+18.2%)

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

Wanaque

Population

11,70911,162

Median household income

$95,023$112,326

Median home value

$318,000$366,400

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preakness	Wanaque
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.9%
75 and over	10.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preakness	Wanaque
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	72.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	11.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preakness	Wanaque
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preakness	Wanaque
Drove alone	72.1%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.1%
Public transit	6.8%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.2%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preakness	Wanaque
1-unit, detached	55.2%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	17.4%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Preakness	Wanaque
Poverty rate	3.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1967	1962