Egg Harbor City vs Mays Landing

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

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

Mays Landing has the higher population (6,178 vs 4,378 in Egg Harbor City). Mays Landing has the higher median household income ($80,777 vs $67,604 in Egg Harbor City). Mays Landing has the higher median home value ($236,500 vs $182,100 in Egg Harbor City).

Population, income & housing

	Egg Harbor City	Mays Landing
Population	4,378	6,178
Median age	36.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,604	$80,777
Median home value	$182,100	$236,500
Median gross rent	$1,208	$1,150
Housing units	1,890	2,518
Homeownership rate	52.1%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Egg Harbor City	Mays Landing
Population	4,100 → 4,378 (+6.8%)	2,524 → 6,178 (+144.8%)
Median household income	$42,279 → $67,604 (+59.9%)	$65,577 → $80,777 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$138,300 → $182,100 (+31.7%)	$182,300 → $236,500 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,208 (+25.2%)	$1,463 → $1,150 (-21.4%)

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

Mays Landing

Population

2,5246,178

Median household income

$65,577$80,777

Median home value

$182,300$236,500

Median gross rent

$1,463$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Egg Harbor City	Mays Landing
Under 5	4.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	18.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	14.5%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Egg Harbor City	Mays Landing
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	54.6%
Black or African American	35.7%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Egg Harbor City	Mays Landing
No high school diploma	14.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Egg Harbor City	Mays Landing
Drove alone	80.1%	82.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	10.5%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Egg Harbor City	Mays Landing
1-unit, detached	65.4%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Egg Harbor City	Mays Landing
Poverty rate	8.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1955	1987