Alpha vs Greenwich

A side-by-side comparison of Alpha and Greenwich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwich has the higher population (2,615 vs 2,249 in Alpha). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($166,977 vs $83,125 in Alpha). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($457,500 vs $250,400 in Alpha).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Greenwich
Population	2,249	2,615
Median age	43.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$166,977
Median home value	$250,400	$457,500
Median gross rent	$1,234	—
Housing units	1,022	792
Homeownership rate	72.8%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Greenwich
Population	2,082 → 2,249 (+8.0%)	2,731 → 2,615 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$72,463 → $83,125 (+14.7%)	$141,522 → $166,977 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$193,700 → $250,400 (+29.3%)	$335,900 → $457,500 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $1,234 (+19.7%)	—

Alpha

Population

2,0822,249

Median household income

$72,463$83,125

Median home value

$193,700$250,400

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,234

Greenwich

Population

2,7312,615

Median household income

$141,522$166,977

Median home value

$335,900$457,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Greenwich
Under 5	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.5%	25.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	19.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	2.1%
75 and over	10.3%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Greenwich
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	49.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	17.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Greenwich
No high school diploma	9.2%	1.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Greenwich
Drove alone	77.6%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Greenwich
1-unit, detached	64.6%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpha	Greenwich
Poverty rate	7.0%	0.8%
Average household size	2.27	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	43
Median year structure built	1958	1998