Buena vs Margate City

A side-by-side comparison of Buena and Margate City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Margate City has the higher population (5,260 vs 4,500 in Buena). Margate City has the higher median household income ($114,417 vs $78,393 in Buena). Margate City has the higher median home value ($645,200 vs $249,100 in Buena).

Population, income & housing

	Buena	Margate City
Population	4,500	5,260
Median age	33.6 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,393	$114,417
Median home value	$249,100	$645,200
Median gross rent	$1,138	$1,368
Housing units	1,757	6,940
Homeownership rate	67.7%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	60.1%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena	Margate City
Population	4,356 → 4,500 (+3.3%)	5,997 → 5,260 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$53,275 → $78,393 (+47.1%)	$83,045 → $114,417 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $249,100 (+36.5%)	$483,700 → $645,200 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,138 (+26.6%)	$1,315 → $1,368 (+4.0%)

Buena

Population

4,3564,500

Median household income

$53,275$78,393

Median home value

$182,500$249,100

Median gross rent

$899$1,138

Margate City

Population

5,9975,260

Median household income

$83,045$114,417

Median home value

$483,700$645,200

Median gross rent

$1,315$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena	Margate City
Under 5	7.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	16.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	3.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	18.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	20.2%
75 and over	5.6%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena	Margate City
White (non-Hispanic)	56.8%	94.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	30.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena	Margate City
No high school diploma	13.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena	Margate City
Drove alone	86.4%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.9%
Worked from home	5.3%	17.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena	Margate City
1-unit, detached	72.7%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buena	Margate City
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1964	1967