Raritan vs Watchung

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

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

Raritan has the higher population (8,192 vs 6,429 in Watchung). Watchung has the higher median household income ($166,536 vs $103,699 in Raritan). Watchung has the higher median home value ($833,300 vs $449,200 in Raritan).

Population, income & housing

	Raritan	Watchung
Population	8,192	6,429
Median age	43.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,699	$166,536
Median home value	$449,200	$833,300
Median gross rent	$1,927	$2,571
Housing units	3,257	2,429
Homeownership rate	53.4%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raritan	Watchung
Population	7,865 → 8,192 (+4.2%)	6,039 → 6,429 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$79,362 → $103,699 (+30.7%)	$157,263 → $166,536 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$343,600 → $449,200 (+30.7%)	$674,500 → $833,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,672 → $1,927 (+15.3%)	$2,021 → $2,571 (+27.2%)

Raritan

Population

7,8658,192

Median household income

$79,362$103,699

Median home value

$343,600$449,200

Median gross rent

$1,672$1,927

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)

	Raritan	Watchung
Under 5	3.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	17.1%
75 and over	4.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raritan	Watchung
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	73.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	19.3%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raritan	Watchung
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	26.0%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raritan	Watchung
Drove alone	76.5%	62.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.1%
Public transit	1.8%	6.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	27.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raritan	Watchung
1-unit, detached	47.3%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	13.1%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Raritan	Watchung
Poverty rate	7.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1965	1970