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SheetNJ-WHITTINGHAM-NJ · Whittingham, NJ 2,516 pop · income 57th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Whittingham
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Whittingham on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Burlington · lowest
38,732
Burlington · lowest
38,732 median HH income
21.0% of the leader · rank #1
La Paz · near
75,750
La Paz · near
75,750 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #2
Whittingham · this city
75,764
Whittingham · this city
75,764 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #3
Bell Hill · near
75,765
Bell Hill · near
75,765 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #4
Kenmore · near
75,768
Kenmore · near
75,768 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #5
Troy · near
75,777
Troy · near
75,777 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #6
Peapack and G… · highest
184,231
Peapack and G… · highest
184,231 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Whittingham on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,516.
Nationally, Whittingham sits in the 57th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
57th
percentile, household income
76th
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Whittingham, NJ
Whittingham is a small town in New Jersey, home to 2,516 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $75,764 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.0%. Typical homes in Whittingham are valued around $386,600, and the median resident age is 75.7 years. About 44.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 14.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Jersey at 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,132 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Jersey run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Whittingham's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Whittingham, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Whittingham?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Whittingham?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 54.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Whittingham?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Laurel Lake (2,514 residents, $51,633 income); Belvidere (2,526 residents, $100,334 income); East Newark (2,529 residents, $65,272 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fairfield University, CT (2,516 residents); Burley, WA (2,516 residents); Star Valley, AZ (2,517 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A
2.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B+
44.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C
$75,764
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Whittingham profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 86/100 (A) · 2.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 79/100 (B+) · 44.0%
Household income: 55/100 (C) · $75,764
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
How does Whittingham compare to other US cities?
Where Whittingham sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income57% higher than other cities
Home value76% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Whittingham against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Whittingham near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Whittingham ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Whittingham only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#542 of 659
18th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#352 of 672
48th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#424 of 680
36th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#327 of 686
52nd percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
57th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Whittingham's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$386,60024th percentilemore affordable than 24% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Whittingham's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,072 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,864 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.1×, Whittingham sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,072 of 15,516 and #9,864 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$75,764Whittingham, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Whittingham, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Whittingham, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)44.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)14.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,516
Median Income
$75,764
Median Home Value
$386,600
Median Age
75.7
Poverty Rate
2.0%
Labor force participation
14.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
44.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
54.4%
Carpool
2.4%
Public Transit
7.8%
Walk
3.2%
Work from Home
32.1%
Based on 371 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for Whittingham. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Whittingham is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Whittingham sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Whittingham compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.