Cumberland County vs Hunterdon County

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland County and Hunterdon County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cumberland County and Hunterdon County are counties in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cumberland County has the higher population (152,915 vs 129,448 in Hunterdon County). Hunterdon County has the higher median household income ($139,453 vs $64,499 in Cumberland County). Hunterdon County has the higher median home value ($498,800 vs $205,600 in Cumberland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland County	Hunterdon County
Population	152,915	129,448
Median age	37.6 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,499	$139,453
Median home value	$205,600	$498,800
Median gross rent	$1,254	$1,707
Housing units	57,203	51,908
Homeownership rate	65.6%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland County	Hunterdon County
Population	151,906 → 152,915 (+0.7%)	124,823 → 129,448 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$54,149 → $64,499 (+19.1%)	$115,379 → $139,453 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $205,600 (+26.5%)	$415,100 → $498,800 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,254 (+17.3%)	$1,446 → $1,707 (+18.0%)

Cumberland County

Population

151,906152,915

Median household income

$54,149$64,499

Median home value

$162,500$205,600

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,254

Hunterdon County

Population

124,823129,448

Median household income

$115,379$139,453

Median home value

$415,100$498,800

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland County	Hunterdon County
Under 5	6.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.1%
75 and over	6.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland County	Hunterdon County
White (non-Hispanic)	41.9%	81.1%
Black or African American	17.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland County	Hunterdon County
No high school diploma	18.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	39.1%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland County	Hunterdon County
Drove alone	78.0%	71.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	4.8%
Public transit	1.1%	1.7%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.9%	19.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland County	Hunterdon County
1-unit, detached	67.0%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	5.5%
20 or more units	6.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland County	Hunterdon County
Poverty rate	16.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1968	1979