Far Hills vs Rocky Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Far Hills and Rocky Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Far Hills has the higher population (1,004 vs 814 in Rocky Hill). Far Hills has the higher median household income ($152,188 vs $127,344 in Rocky Hill). Far Hills has the higher median home value ($798,900 vs $608,200 in Rocky Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Far Hills	Rocky Hill
Population	1,004	814
Median age	49.7 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$152,188	$127,344
Median home value	$798,900	$608,200
Median gross rent	$1,495	$1,660
Housing units	435	319
Homeownership rate	82.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Far Hills	Rocky Hill
Population	860 → 1,004 (+16.7%)	636 → 814 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$127,639 → $152,188 (+19.2%)	$111,688 → $127,344 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$789,100 → $798,900 (+1.2%)	$521,500 → $608,200 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,167 → $1,495 (-31.0%)	$1,833 → $1,660 (-9.4%)

Far Hills

Population

8601,004

Median household income

$127,639$152,188

Median home value

$789,100$798,900

Median gross rent

$2,167$1,495

Rocky Hill

Population

636814

Median household income

$111,688$127,344

Median home value

$521,500$608,200

Median gross rent

$1,833$1,660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Far Hills	Rocky Hill
Under 5	1.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	12.0%
25 to 34	4.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	18.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	16.5%	11.2%
75 and over	8.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Far Hills	Rocky Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Far Hills	Rocky Hill
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	35.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Far Hills	Rocky Hill
Drove alone	68.0%	62.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.5%
Public transit	2.6%	1.2%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Far Hills	Rocky Hill
1-unit, detached	60.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	12.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Far Hills	Rocky Hill
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1989	1955