Longport vs Sweetwater

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

Longport and Sweetwater 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 805 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median household income ($104,191 vs $103,523 in Longport). Longport has the higher median home value ($1,079,500 vs $521,500 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Longport	Sweetwater
Population	897	805
Median age	68.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,523	$104,191
Median home value	$1,079,500	$521,500
Median gross rent	$2,554	—
Housing units	1,578	265
Homeownership rate	93.1%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longport	Sweetwater
Population	869 → 897 (+3.2%)	947 → 805 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$116,500 → $103,523 (-11.1%)	$85,453 → $104,191 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$890,900 → $1,079,500 (+21.2%)	$237,200 → $521,500 (+119.9%)
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

Sweetwater

Population

947805

Median household income

$85,453$104,191

Median home value

$237,200$521,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longport	Sweetwater
Under 5	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.8%	24.2%
18 to 24	2.5%	21.1%
25 to 34	2.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	3.9%	7.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	22.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	25.5%	0.0%
75 and over	31.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longport	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longport	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	1.6%	13.6%
High school graduate	23.3%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longport	Sweetwater
Drove alone	73.4%	91.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longport	Sweetwater
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	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	6.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.83	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1975	1974