Finderne vs Watchung

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

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

Watchung has the higher population (6,429 vs 5,968 in Finderne). Watchung has the higher median household income ($166,536 vs $109,348 in Finderne). Watchung has the higher median home value ($833,300 vs $391,700 in Finderne).

Population, income & housing

	Finderne	Watchung
Population	5,968	6,429
Median age	41.0 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,348	$166,536
Median home value	$391,700	$833,300
Median gross rent	$2,010	$2,571
Housing units	2,574	2,429
Homeownership rate	58.2%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Finderne	Watchung
Population	5,919 → 5,968 (+0.8%)	6,039 → 6,429 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$82,383 → $109,348 (+32.7%)	$157,263 → $166,536 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$297,300 → $391,700 (+31.8%)	$674,500 → $833,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,574 → $2,010 (+27.7%)	$2,021 → $2,571 (+27.2%)

Finderne

Population

5,9195,968

Median household income

$82,383$109,348

Median home value

$297,300$391,700

Median gross rent

$1,574$2,010

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)

	Finderne	Watchung
Under 5	3.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	18.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	17.1%
75 and over	11.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Finderne	Watchung
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	73.2%
Black or African American	5.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.9%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Finderne	Watchung
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Finderne	Watchung
Drove alone	76.7%	62.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	1.1%
Public transit	4.6%	6.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	27.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Finderne	Watchung
1-unit, detached	43.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	9.2%
20 or more units	12.8%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Finderne	Watchung
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1971	1970