Basking Ridge vs Raritan

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

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

Raritan has the higher population (8,192 vs 7,882 in Basking Ridge). Basking Ridge has the higher median household income ($200,378 vs $103,699 in Raritan). Basking Ridge has the higher median home value ($841,700 vs $449,200 in Raritan).

Population, income & housing

	Basking Ridge	Raritan
Population	7,882	8,192
Median age	46.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$200,378	$103,699
Median home value	$841,700	$449,200
Median gross rent	$565	$1,927
Housing units	2,955	3,257
Homeownership rate	84.6%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.6%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basking Ridge	Raritan
Population	7,913 → 7,882 (-0.4%)	7,865 → 8,192 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$166,528 → $200,378 (+20.3%)	$79,362 → $103,699 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$730,000 → $841,700 (+15.3%)	$343,600 → $449,200 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $565 (+18.2%)	$1,672 → $1,927 (+15.3%)

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

Raritan

Population

7,8658,192

Median household income

$79,362$103,699

Median home value

$343,600$449,200

Median gross rent

$1,672$1,927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basking Ridge	Raritan
Under 5	3.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	5.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	18.1%	16.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.0%
75 and over	11.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basking Ridge	Raritan
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	49.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.2%	19.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basking Ridge	Raritan
No high school diploma	2.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	8.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basking Ridge	Raritan
Drove alone	64.3%	76.5%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.2%
Public transit	5.8%	1.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	14.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basking Ridge	Raritan
1-unit, detached	76.9%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	6.8%
20 or more units	4.9%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Basking Ridge	Raritan
Poverty rate	3.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1972	1965