Belle Mead vs Raritan

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

Belle Mead 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 6,772 in Belle Mead). Belle Mead has the higher median household income ($219,215 vs $103,699 in Raritan). Belle Mead has the higher median home value ($777,600 vs $449,200 in Raritan).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Mead	Raritan
Population	6,772	8,192
Median age	36.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$219,215	$103,699
Median home value	$777,600	$449,200
Median gross rent	$2,645	$1,927
Housing units	2,121	3,257
Homeownership rate	64.4%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.9%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Mead	Raritan
Population	203 → 6,772 (+3236.0%)	7,865 → 8,192 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$97,625 → $219,215 (+124.5%)	$79,362 → $103,699 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$293,200 → $777,600 (+165.2%)	$343,600 → $449,200 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,197 → $2,645 (+20.4%)	$1,672 → $1,927 (+15.3%)

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

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)

	Belle Mead	Raritan
Under 5	6.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	26.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	21.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	16.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	4.7%	10.0%
75 and over	2.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Mead	Raritan
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	49.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	64.2%	19.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	2.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Mead	Raritan
No high school diploma	3.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	4.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Mead	Raritan
Drove alone	49.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.2%
Public transit	4.5%	1.8%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.0%	14.1%
Other means	3.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Mead	Raritan
1-unit, detached	56.8%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	6.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Belle Mead	Raritan
Poverty rate	2.7%	7.0%
Average household size	3.19	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	39	22
Median year structure built	2001	1965