Hammonton vs Ventnor City

A side-by-side comparison of Hammonton and Ventnor City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hammonton has the higher population (14,746 vs 9,220 in Ventnor City). Hammonton has the higher median household income ($83,044 vs $74,619 in Ventnor City). Ventnor City has the higher median home value ($345,300 vs $324,200 in Hammonton).

Population, income & housing

	Hammonton	Ventnor City
Population	14,746	9,220
Median age	45.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,044	$74,619
Median home value	$324,200	$345,300
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,477
Housing units	6,145	7,813
Homeownership rate	71.3%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hammonton	Ventnor City
Population	14,139 → 14,746 (+4.3%)	10,095 → 9,220 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$73,048 → $83,044 (+13.7%)	$59,219 → $74,619 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$235,500 → $324,200 (+37.7%)	$273,500 → $345,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,204 → $1,375 (+14.2%)	$1,163 → $1,477 (+27.0%)

Hammonton

Population

14,13914,746

Median household income

$73,048$83,044

Median home value

$235,500$324,200

Median gross rent

$1,204$1,375

Ventnor City

Population

10,0959,220

Median household income

$59,219$74,619

Median home value

$273,500$345,300

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hammonton	Ventnor City
Under 5	5.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	22.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.5%
75 and over	11.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hammonton	Ventnor City
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	68.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hammonton	Ventnor City
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hammonton	Ventnor City
Drove alone	72.1%	68.2%
Carpooled	14.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.2%	8.4%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.4%	11.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hammonton	Ventnor City
1-unit, detached	68.4%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	6.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hammonton	Ventnor City
Poverty rate	11.2%	10.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1970	1961