Belle Mead vs Watchung

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

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

Belle Mead has the higher population (6,772 vs 6,429 in Watchung). Belle Mead has the higher median household income ($219,215 vs $166,536 in Watchung). Watchung has the higher median home value ($833,300 vs $777,600 in Belle Mead).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Mead	Watchung
Population	6,772	6,429
Median age	36.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$219,215	$166,536
Median home value	$777,600	$833,300
Median gross rent	$2,645	$2,571
Housing units	2,121	2,429
Homeownership rate	64.4%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.9%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Mead	Watchung
Population	203 → 6,772 (+3236.0%)	6,039 → 6,429 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$97,625 → $219,215 (+124.5%)	$157,263 → $166,536 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$293,200 → $777,600 (+165.2%)	$674,500 → $833,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,197 → $2,645 (+20.4%)	$2,021 → $2,571 (+27.2%)

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

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)

	Belle Mead	Watchung
Under 5	6.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	26.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	21.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	4.7%	17.1%
75 and over	2.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Mead	Watchung
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	64.2%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Mead	Watchung
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	4.2%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Mead	Watchung
Drove alone	49.6%	62.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.1%
Public transit	4.5%	6.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.0%	27.8%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Mead	Watchung
1-unit, detached	56.8%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Mead	Watchung
Poverty rate	2.7%	2.1%
Average household size	3.19	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	39	32
Median year structure built	2001	1970