Basking Ridge vs Belle Mead

A side-by-side comparison of Basking Ridge and Belle Mead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Basking Ridge has the higher population (7,882 vs 6,772 in Belle Mead). Belle Mead has the higher median household income ($219,215 vs $200,378 in Basking Ridge). Basking Ridge has the higher median home value ($841,700 vs $777,600 in Belle Mead).

Population, income & housing

	Basking Ridge	Belle Mead
Population	7,882	6,772
Median age	46.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$200,378	$219,215
Median home value	$841,700	$777,600
Median gross rent	$565	$2,645
Housing units	2,955	2,121
Homeownership rate	84.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.6%	72.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basking Ridge	Belle Mead
Population	7,913 → 7,882 (-0.4%)	203 → 6,772 (+3236.0%)
Median household income	$166,528 → $200,378 (+20.3%)	$97,625 → $219,215 (+124.5%)
Median home value	$730,000 → $841,700 (+15.3%)	$293,200 → $777,600 (+165.2%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $565 (+18.2%)	$2,197 → $2,645 (+20.4%)

Basking Ridge

Population

7,9137,882

Median household income

$166,528$200,378

Median home value

$730,000$841,700

Median gross rent

$478$565

Belle Mead

Population

2036,772

Median household income

$97,625$219,215

Median home value

$293,200$777,600

Median gross rent

$2,197$2,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basking Ridge	Belle Mead
Under 5	3.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	26.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	5.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.2%	21.1%
45 to 54	18.1%	15.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	7.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	4.7%
75 and over	11.8%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basking Ridge	Belle Mead
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	23.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	64.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basking Ridge	Belle Mead
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	8.4%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	39.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basking Ridge	Belle Mead
Drove alone	64.3%	49.6%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.8%
Public transit	5.8%	4.5%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	35.0%
Other means	1.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basking Ridge	Belle Mead
1-unit, detached	76.9%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	18.8%
20 or more units	4.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Basking Ridge	Belle Mead
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.7%
Average household size	2.71	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1972	2001