Kenilworth vs Mountainside

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

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

Kenilworth has the higher population (8,339 vs 6,967 in Mountainside). Mountainside has the higher median household income ($210,100 vs $126,295 in Kenilworth). Mountainside has the higher median home value ($755,600 vs $521,100 in Kenilworth).

Population, income & housing

	Kenilworth	Mountainside
Population	8,339	6,967
Median age	38.6 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$126,295	$210,100
Median home value	$521,100	$755,600
Median gross rent	$2,119	$3,501
Housing units	3,058	2,616
Homeownership rate	72.8%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	66.2%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenilworth	Mountainside
Population	8,161 → 8,339 (+2.2%)	6,826 → 6,967 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$93,208 → $126,295 (+35.5%)	$119,000 → $210,100 (+76.6%)
Median home value	$345,500 → $521,100 (+50.8%)	$626,100 → $755,600 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,521 → $2,119 (+39.3%)	$1,739 → $3,501 (+101.3%)

Kenilworth

Population

8,1618,339

Median household income

$93,208$126,295

Median home value

$345,500$521,100

Median gross rent

$1,521$2,119

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)

	Kenilworth	Mountainside
Under 5	4.1%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	2.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	14.2%
75 and over	5.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenilworth	Mountainside
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	72.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenilworth	Mountainside
No high school diploma	9.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenilworth	Mountainside
Drove alone	83.1%	52.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.8%	11.9%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	24.6%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenilworth	Mountainside
1-unit, detached	71.1%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kenilworth	Mountainside
Poverty rate	6.0%	2.8%
Average household size	2.89	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	39
Median year structure built	1955	1958