Mountainside vs New Providence

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

Mountainside 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 6,967 in Mountainside). Mountainside has the higher median household income ($210,100 vs $162,877 in New Providence). Mountainside has the higher median home value ($755,600 vs $734,300 in New Providence).

Population, income & housing

	Mountainside	New Providence
Population	6,967	13,577
Median age	48.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$210,100	$162,877
Median home value	$755,600	$734,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,906
Housing units	2,616	5,500
Homeownership rate	86.9%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountainside	New Providence
Population	6,826 → 6,967 (+2.1%)	13,049 → 13,577 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$119,000 → $210,100 (+76.6%)	$143,672 → $162,877 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$626,100 → $755,600 (+20.7%)	$607,100 → $734,300 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,739 → $3,501 (+101.3%)	$1,733 → $1,906 (+10.0%)

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

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)

	Mountainside	New Providence
Under 5	8.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	2.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	13.9%
75 and over	9.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountainside	New Providence
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	68.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountainside	New Providence
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	12.3%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountainside	New Providence
Drove alone	52.7%	55.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.4%
Public transit	11.9%	11.9%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountainside	New Providence
1-unit, detached	96.9%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountainside	New Providence
Poverty rate	2.8%	2.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	39	34
Median year structure built	1958	1963