Mountainside vs Vauxhall

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

Mountainside and Vauxhall 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 5,875 in Vauxhall). Mountainside has the higher median household income ($210,100 vs $106,962 in Vauxhall). Mountainside has the higher median home value ($755,600 vs $354,300 in Vauxhall).

Population, income & housing

	Mountainside	Vauxhall
Population	6,967	5,875
Median age	48.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$210,100	$106,962
Median home value	$755,600	$354,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,853
Housing units	2,616	1,891
Homeownership rate	86.9%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountainside	Vauxhall
Population	6,826 → 6,967 (+2.1%)	5,677 → 5,875 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$119,000 → $210,100 (+76.6%)	$76,371 → $106,962 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$626,100 → $755,600 (+20.7%)	$299,000 → $354,300 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,739 → $3,501 (+101.3%)	$1,680 → $1,853 (+10.3%)

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

Vauxhall

Population

5,6775,875

Median household income

$76,371$106,962

Median home value

$299,000$354,300

Median gross rent

$1,680$1,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountainside	Vauxhall
Under 5	8.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	2.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	11.2%
75 and over	9.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountainside	Vauxhall
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	9.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	72.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountainside	Vauxhall
No high school diploma	3.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	12.3%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountainside	Vauxhall
Drove alone	52.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.3%
Public transit	11.9%	10.6%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountainside	Vauxhall
1-unit, detached	96.9%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	45.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountainside	Vauxhall
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.69	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	1958	1955