Kenilworth vs New Providence

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

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

New Providence has the higher population (13,577 vs 8,339 in Kenilworth). New Providence has the higher median household income ($162,877 vs $126,295 in Kenilworth). New Providence has the higher median home value ($734,300 vs $521,100 in Kenilworth).

Population, income & housing

	Kenilworth	New Providence
Population	8,339	13,577
Median age	38.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$126,295	$162,877
Median home value	$521,100	$734,300
Median gross rent	$2,119	$1,906
Housing units	3,058	5,500
Homeownership rate	72.8%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenilworth	New Providence
Population	8,161 → 8,339 (+2.2%)	13,049 → 13,577 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$93,208 → $126,295 (+35.5%)	$143,672 → $162,877 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$345,500 → $521,100 (+50.8%)	$607,100 → $734,300 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,521 → $2,119 (+39.3%)	$1,733 → $1,906 (+10.0%)

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

New Providence

Population

13,04913,577

Median household income

$143,672$162,877

Median home value

$607,100$734,300

Median gross rent

$1,733$1,906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenilworth	New Providence
Under 5	4.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.9%
75 and over	5.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenilworth	New Providence
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	68.2%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	4.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenilworth	New Providence
No high school diploma	9.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	28.4%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenilworth	New Providence
Drove alone	83.1%	55.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.8%	11.9%
Walked	1.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	27.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenilworth	New Providence
1-unit, detached	71.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	9.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kenilworth	New Providence
Poverty rate	6.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.89	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1955	1963