Erma vs Sea Isle City

A side-by-side comparison of Erma and Sea Isle City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sea Isle City has the higher population (2,079 vs 2,039 in Erma). Sea Isle City has the higher median household income ($98,860 vs $93,674 in Erma). Sea Isle City has the higher median home value ($1,019,500 vs $378,000 in Erma).

Population, income & housing

	Erma	Sea Isle City
Population	2,039	2,079
Median age	37.8 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,674	$98,860
Median home value	$378,000	$1,019,500
Median gross rent	$1,576	—
Housing units	907	6,719
Homeownership rate	73.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erma	Sea Isle City
Population	1,876 → 2,039 (+8.7%)	2,147 → 2,079 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$84,803 → $93,674 (+10.5%)	$73,403 → $98,860 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$299,300 → $378,000 (+26.3%)	$671,700 → $1,019,500 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,576 (+32.0%)	$1,444 → $1,210 (-16.2%)

Erma

Population

1,8762,039

Median household income

$84,803$93,674

Median home value

$299,300$378,000

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,576

Sea Isle City

Population

2,1472,079

Median household income

$73,403$98,860

Median home value

$671,700$1,019,500

Median gross rent

$1,444$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erma	Sea Isle City
Under 5	10.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	4.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	3.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	4.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	27.4%
75 and over	5.8%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erma	Sea Isle City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	96.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erma	Sea Isle City
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erma	Sea Isle City
Drove alone	76.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	4.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.3%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erma	Sea Isle City
1-unit, detached	91.3%	14.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	58.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Erma	Sea Isle City
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.60	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1977	1991