Alpha vs Upper Pohatcong

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

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

Alpha has the higher population (2,249 vs 1,851 in Upper Pohatcong). Upper Pohatcong has the higher median household income ($101,338 vs $83,125 in Alpha). Alpha has the higher median home value ($250,400 vs $238,400 in Upper Pohatcong).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Upper Pohatcong
Population	2,249	1,851
Median age	43.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$101,338
Median home value	$250,400	$238,400
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,556
Housing units	1,022	725
Homeownership rate	72.8%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Upper Pohatcong
Population	2,082 → 2,249 (+8.0%)	1,830 → 1,851 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$72,463 → $83,125 (+14.7%)	$94,141 → $101,338 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$193,700 → $250,400 (+29.3%)	$190,400 → $238,400 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $1,234 (+19.7%)	$1,311 → $1,556 (+18.7%)

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

Upper Pohatcong

Population

1,8301,851

Median household income

$94,141$101,338

Median home value

$190,400$238,400

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Upper Pohatcong
Under 5	5.9%	10.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	22.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.2%
75 and over	10.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Upper Pohatcong
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	77.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Upper Pohatcong
No high school diploma	9.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Upper Pohatcong
Drove alone	77.6%	88.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.8%
Walked	2.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Upper Pohatcong
1-unit, detached	64.6%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	3.4%
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	Upper Pohatcong
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1958	1956