Elizabeth vs Rahway

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabeth and Rahway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elizabeth has the higher population (135,887 vs 29,748 in Rahway). Rahway has the higher median household income ($90,852 vs $63,874 in Elizabeth). Elizabeth has the higher median home value ($393,500 vs $362,300 in Rahway).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth	Rahway
Population	135,887	29,748
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,874	$90,852
Median home value	$393,500	$362,300
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,764
Housing units	48,940	12,811
Homeownership rate	25.4%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth	Rahway
Population	128,333 → 135,887 (+5.9%)	29,543 → 29,748 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$48,407 → $63,874 (+32.0%)	$78,946 → $90,852 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $393,500 (+39.2%)	$272,700 → $362,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,463 (+25.8%)	$1,310 → $1,764 (+34.7%)

Elizabeth

Population

128,333135,887

Median household income

$48,407$63,874

Median home value

$282,700$393,500

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,463

Rahway

Population

29,54329,748

Median household income

$78,946$90,852

Median home value

$272,700$362,300

Median gross rent

$1,310$1,764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabeth	Rahway
Under 5	7.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.3%
75 and over	4.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth	Rahway
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	28.0%
Black or African American	15.2%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	66.8%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth	Rahway
No high school diploma	25.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth	Rahway
Drove alone	59.1%	60.5%
Carpooled	15.2%	11.3%
Public transit	11.5%	10.9%
Walked	4.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.7%	14.7%
Other means	3.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth	Rahway
1-unit, detached	13.3%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	47.1%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	19.3%	24.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth	Rahway
Poverty rate	15.3%	6.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1955	1961