Egg Harbor City vs Margate City

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

Egg Harbor City 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 4,378 in Egg Harbor City). Margate City has the higher median household income ($114,417 vs $67,604 in Egg Harbor City). Margate City has the higher median home value ($645,200 vs $182,100 in Egg Harbor City).

Population, income & housing

	Egg Harbor City	Margate City
Population	4,378	5,260
Median age	36.7 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,604	$114,417
Median home value	$182,100	$645,200
Median gross rent	$1,208	$1,368
Housing units	1,890	6,940
Homeownership rate	52.1%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	60.1%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Egg Harbor City	Margate City
Population	4,100 → 4,378 (+6.8%)	5,997 → 5,260 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$42,279 → $67,604 (+59.9%)	$83,045 → $114,417 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$138,300 → $182,100 (+31.7%)	$483,700 → $645,200 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,208 (+25.2%)	$1,315 → $1,368 (+4.0%)

Egg Harbor City

Population

4,1004,378

Median household income

$42,279$67,604

Median home value

$138,300$182,100

Median gross rent

$965$1,208

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)

	Egg Harbor City	Margate City
Under 5	4.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	22.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	3.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	18.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	20.2%
75 and over	5.2%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Egg Harbor City	Margate City
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	94.4%
Black or African American	35.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Egg Harbor City	Margate City
No high school diploma	14.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	29.1%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Egg Harbor City	Margate City
Drove alone	80.1%	63.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	14.0%
Public transit	4.1%	1.1%
Walked	6.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.6%	1.9%
Worked from home	4.9%	17.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Egg Harbor City	Margate City
1-unit, detached	65.4%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Egg Harbor City	Margate City
Poverty rate	8.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1955	1967