Gandys Beach vs Sheppards Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Gandys Beach and Sheppards Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sheppards Mill has the higher population (71 vs 38 in Gandys Beach). Sheppards Mill has the higher median household income ($110,500 vs $76,625 in Gandys Beach). Gandys Beach has the higher median home value ($221,600 vs $187,500 in Sheppards Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Gandys Beach	Sheppards Mill
Population	38	71
Median age	68.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,625	$110,500
Median home value	$221,600	$187,500
Housing units	62	30
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gandys Beach	Sheppards Mill
Population	40 → 38 (-5.0%)	65 → 71 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $76,625 (+15.7%)	$76,250 → $110,500 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $221,600 (+18.2%)	$132,500 → $187,500 (+41.5%)

Gandys Beach

Population

4038

Median household income

$66,250$76,625

Median home value

$187,500$221,600

Sheppards Mill

Population

6571

Median household income

$76,250$110,500

Median home value

$132,500$187,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gandys Beach	Sheppards Mill
Under 5	0.0%	21.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	29.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	68.4%	7.0%
75 and over	13.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gandys Beach	Sheppards Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.8%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gandys Beach	Sheppards Mill
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	42.1%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	7.9%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.1%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gandys Beach	Sheppards Mill
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gandys Beach	Sheppards Mill
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
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

	Gandys Beach	Sheppards Mill
Poverty rate	15.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.52	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1972	1955