Bernardsville vs Watchung

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

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

Bernardsville has the higher population (7,871 vs 6,429 in Watchung). Bernardsville has the higher median household income ($231,006 vs $166,536 in Watchung). Watchung has the higher median home value ($833,300 vs $737,600 in Bernardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bernardsville	Watchung
Population	7,871	6,429
Median age	41.2 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$231,006	$166,536
Median home value	$737,600	$833,300
Median gross rent	$2,155	$2,571
Housing units	2,787	2,429
Homeownership rate	90.0%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.5%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernardsville	Watchung
Population	7,678 → 7,871 (+2.5%)	6,039 → 6,429 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$165,052 → $231,006 (+40.0%)	$157,263 → $166,536 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$681,500 → $737,600 (+8.2%)	$674,500 → $833,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,787 → $2,155 (+20.6%)	$2,021 → $2,571 (+27.2%)

Bernardsville

Population

7,6787,871

Median household income

$165,052$231,006

Median home value

$681,500$737,600

Median gross rent

$1,787$2,155

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)

	Bernardsville	Watchung
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	17.1%
75 and over	6.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernardsville	Watchung
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernardsville	Watchung
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	14.6%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	9.1%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.8%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernardsville	Watchung
Drove alone	60.9%	62.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	1.1%
Public transit	3.8%	6.9%
Walked	6.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	27.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernardsville	Watchung
1-unit, detached	87.2%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bernardsville	Watchung
Poverty rate	1.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1964	1970