Beckett vs Oak Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Beckett and Oak Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beckett has the higher population (5,072 vs 4,374 in Oak Valley). Beckett has the higher median household income ($119,063 vs $90,563 in Oak Valley). Beckett has the higher median home value ($279,300 vs $226,000 in Oak Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Beckett	Oak Valley
Population	5,072	4,374
Median age	43.4 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,063	$90,563
Median home value	$279,300	$226,000
Median gross rent	$1,839	—
Housing units	1,811	1,291
Homeownership rate	96.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beckett	Oak Valley
Population	4,947 → 5,072 (+2.5%)	3,345 → 4,374 (+30.8%)
Median household income	$129,429 → $119,063 (-8.0%)	$85,313 → $90,563 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $279,300 (+19.9%)	$169,100 → $226,000 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,839 (+27.0%)	—

Beckett

Population

4,9475,072

Median household income

$129,429$119,063

Median home value

$232,900$279,300

Median gross rent

$1,448$1,839

Oak Valley

Population

3,3454,374

Median household income

$85,313$90,563

Median home value

$169,100$226,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beckett	Oak Valley
Under 5	5.4%	9.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	17.1%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	5.3%
75 and over	2.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beckett	Oak Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	75.9%
Black or African American	9.5%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beckett	Oak Valley
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beckett	Oak Valley
Drove alone	84.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	4.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.8%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beckett	Oak Valley
1-unit, detached	82.8%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
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

	Beckett	Oak Valley
Poverty rate	6.7%	16.1%
Average household size	2.80	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1983	1961