Basking Ridge vs Watchung

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

Basking Ridge and Watchung 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 6,429 in Watchung). Basking Ridge has the higher median household income ($200,378 vs $166,536 in Watchung). Basking Ridge has the higher median home value ($841,700 vs $833,300 in Watchung).

Population, income & housing

	Basking Ridge	Watchung
Population	7,882	6,429
Median age	46.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$200,378	$166,536
Median home value	$841,700	$833,300
Median gross rent	$565	$2,571
Housing units	2,955	2,429
Homeownership rate	84.6%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.6%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basking Ridge	Watchung
Population	7,913 → 7,882 (-0.4%)	6,039 → 6,429 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$166,528 → $200,378 (+20.3%)	$157,263 → $166,536 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$730,000 → $841,700 (+15.3%)	$674,500 → $833,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $565 (+18.2%)	$2,021 → $2,571 (+27.2%)

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

Watchung

Population

6,0396,429

Median household income

$157,263$166,536

Median home value

$674,500$833,300

Median gross rent

$2,021$2,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basking Ridge	Watchung
Under 5	3.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	17.1%
75 and over	11.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basking Ridge	Watchung
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basking Ridge	Watchung
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	8.4%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basking Ridge	Watchung
Drove alone	64.3%	62.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	1.1%
Public transit	5.8%	6.9%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	27.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basking Ridge	Watchung
1-unit, detached	76.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Basking Ridge	Watchung
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1972	1970