Garwood vs Mountainside

A side-by-side comparison of Garwood and Mountainside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountainside has the higher population (6,967 vs 4,688 in Garwood). Mountainside has the higher median household income ($210,100 vs $100,948 in Garwood). Mountainside has the higher median home value ($755,600 vs $509,800 in Garwood).

Population, income & housing

	Garwood	Mountainside
Population	4,688	6,967
Median age	42.7 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,948	$210,100
Median home value	$509,800	$755,600
Median gross rent	$1,603	$3,501
Housing units	2,093	2,616
Homeownership rate	54.8%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	66.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garwood	Mountainside
Population	4,338 → 4,688 (+8.1%)	6,826 → 6,967 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$88,892 → $100,948 (+13.6%)	$119,000 → $210,100 (+76.6%)
Median home value	$380,800 → $509,800 (+33.9%)	$626,100 → $755,600 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,551 → $1,603 (+3.4%)	$1,739 → $3,501 (+101.3%)

Garwood

Population

4,3384,688

Median household income

$88,892$100,948

Median home value

$380,800$509,800

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,603

Mountainside

Population

6,8266,967

Median household income

$119,000$210,100

Median home value

$626,100$755,600

Median gross rent

$1,739$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garwood	Mountainside
Under 5	4.5%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	2.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.2%
75 and over	11.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garwood	Mountainside
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	72.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garwood	Mountainside
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	26.7%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garwood	Mountainside
Drove alone	68.7%	52.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.1%
Public transit	7.8%	11.9%
Walked	3.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	24.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garwood	Mountainside
1-unit, detached	44.8%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	37.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garwood	Mountainside
Poverty rate	9.2%	2.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	39
Median year structure built	1953	1958