Longport vs Richland

A side-by-side comparison of Longport and Richland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Longport has the higher population (897 vs 859 in Richland). Richland has the higher median household income ($152,525 vs $103,523 in Longport). Longport has the higher median home value ($1,079,500 vs $235,600 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Longport	Richland
Population	897	859
Median age	68.1 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,523	$152,525
Median home value	$1,079,500	$235,600
Median gross rent	$2,554	—
Housing units	1,578	341
Homeownership rate	93.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longport	Richland
Population	869 → 897 (+3.2%)	403 → 859 (+113.2%)
Median household income	$116,500 → $103,523 (-11.1%)	—
Median home value	$890,900 → $1,079,500 (+21.2%)	$236,500 → $235,600 (-0.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,773 → $2,554 (+44.0%)	—

Longport

Population

869897

Median household income

$116,500$103,523

Median home value

$890,900$1,079,500

Median gross rent

$1,773$2,554

Richland

Population

403859

Median home value

$236,500$235,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longport	Richland
Under 5	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	2.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	3.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	18.7%	34.8%
65 to 74	25.5%	6.2%
75 and over	31.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longport	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longport	Richland
No high school diploma	1.6%	17.0%
High school graduate	23.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longport	Richland
Drove alone	73.4%	53.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.5%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longport	Richland
1-unit, detached	73.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	20.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Longport	Richland
Poverty rate	6.8%	3.7%
Average household size	1.83	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1975	1962