Somers Point vs Ventnor City

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

Somers Point 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.

Somers Point has the higher population (10,461 vs 9,220 in Ventnor City). Ventnor City has the higher median household income ($74,619 vs $68,542 in Somers Point). Ventnor City has the higher median home value ($345,300 vs $277,500 in Somers Point).

Population, income & housing

	Somers Point	Ventnor City
Population	10,461	9,220
Median age	43.5 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,542	$74,619
Median home value	$277,500	$345,300
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,477
Housing units	5,730	7,813
Homeownership rate	51.1%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somers Point	Ventnor City
Population	10,321 → 10,461 (+1.4%)	10,095 → 9,220 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$61,366 → $68,542 (+11.7%)	$59,219 → $74,619 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$221,500 → $277,500 (+25.3%)	$273,500 → $345,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,308 (+13.1%)	$1,163 → $1,477 (+27.0%)

Somers Point

Population

10,32110,461

Median household income

$61,366$68,542

Median home value

$221,500$277,500

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,308

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)

	Somers Point	Ventnor City
Under 5	8.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	22.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.5%
75 and over	9.4%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somers Point	Ventnor City
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	68.3%
Black or African American	9.1%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	4.4%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somers Point	Ventnor City
No high school diploma	10.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	31.0%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somers Point	Ventnor City
Drove alone	77.3%	68.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	8.9%
Public transit	1.2%	8.4%
Walked	6.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.9%	11.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somers Point	Ventnor City
1-unit, detached	51.3%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Somers Point	Ventnor City
Poverty rate	11.2%	10.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1970	1961