Oceanville vs Sweetwater

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

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

Sweetwater has the higher population (805 vs 721 in Oceanville). Oceanville has the higher median household income ($163,459 vs $104,191 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($521,500 vs $247,600 in Oceanville).

Population, income & housing

	Oceanville	Sweetwater
Population	721	805
Median age	56.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$163,459	$104,191
Median home value	$247,600	$521,500
Housing units	346	265
Homeownership rate	93.6%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oceanville	Sweetwater
Population	547 → 721 (+31.8%)	947 → 805 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$138,435 → $163,459 (+18.1%)	$85,453 → $104,191 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$192,500 → $247,600 (+28.6%)	$237,200 → $521,500 (+119.9%)

Oceanville

Population

547721

Median household income

$138,435$163,459

Median home value

$192,500$247,600

Sweetwater

Population

947805

Median household income

$85,453$104,191

Median home value

$237,200$521,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oceanville	Sweetwater
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	21.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	22.9%
55 to 64	24.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	18.7%	0.0%
75 and over	10.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oceanville	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oceanville	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.6%
High school graduate	23.6%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oceanville	Sweetwater
Drove alone	77.9%	91.2%
Carpooled	19.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oceanville	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oceanville	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.08	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1985	1974