Neshanic vs Rocky Hill

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

Neshanic 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.

Rocky Hill has the higher population (814 vs 625 in Neshanic). Neshanic has the higher median household income ($145,592 vs $127,344 in Rocky Hill). Rocky Hill has the higher median home value ($608,200 vs $516,400 in Neshanic).

Population, income & housing

	Neshanic	Rocky Hill
Population	625	814
Median age	63.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$145,592	$127,344
Median home value	$516,400	$608,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,660
Housing units	228	319
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neshanic	Rocky Hill
Population	584 → 625 (+7.0%)	636 → 814 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$185,163 → $145,592 (-21.4%)	$111,688 → $127,344 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$459,700 → $516,400 (+12.3%)	$521,500 → $608,200 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,833 → $1,660 (-9.4%)

Neshanic

Population

584625

Median household income

$185,163$145,592

Median home value

$459,700$516,400

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)

	Neshanic	Rocky Hill
Under 5	6.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	12.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	2.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	28.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.2%
75 and over	33.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neshanic	Rocky Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	80.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neshanic	Rocky Hill
No high school diploma	8.4%	0.7%
High school graduate	35.9%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	35.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neshanic	Rocky Hill
Drove alone	97.0%	62.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neshanic	Rocky Hill
1-unit, detached	100.0%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Neshanic	Rocky Hill
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1962	1955