Palermo vs Sea Isle City

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

Palermo 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.

Palermo has the higher population (2,667 vs 2,079 in Sea Isle City). Sea Isle City has the higher median household income ($98,860 vs $98,000 in Palermo). Sea Isle City has the higher median home value ($1,019,500 vs $393,900 in Palermo).

Population, income & housing

	Palermo	Sea Isle City
Population	2,667	2,079
Median age	43.7 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$98,000	$98,860
Median home value	$393,900	$1,019,500
Housing units	1,259	6,719
Homeownership rate	98.1%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palermo	Sea Isle City
Population	2,614 → 2,667 (+2.0%)	2,147 → 2,079 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$76,441 → $98,000 (+28.2%)	$73,403 → $98,860 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$317,900 → $393,900 (+23.9%)	$671,700 → $1,019,500 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,444 → $1,210 (-16.2%)

Palermo

Population

2,6142,667

Median household income

$76,441$98,000

Median home value

$317,900$393,900

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)

	Palermo	Sea Isle City
Under 5	8.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	4.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	3.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	4.2%
45 to 54	3.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	20.2%
65 to 74	17.0%	27.4%
75 and over	17.5%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palermo	Sea Isle City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palermo	Sea Isle City
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palermo	Sea Isle City
Drove alone	84.0%	74.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	13.9%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palermo	Sea Isle City
1-unit, detached	71.4%	14.2%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	58.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palermo	Sea Isle City
Poverty rate	1.7%	4.7%
Average household size	2.32	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1984	1991