Allenhurst vs Cream Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Allenhurst and Cream Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cream Ridge has the higher population (477 vs 387 in Allenhurst). Cream Ridge has the higher median household income ($235,761 vs $96,500 in Allenhurst). Allenhurst has the higher median home value ($1,125,000 vs $808,000 in Cream Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Allenhurst	Cream Ridge
Population	387	477
Median age	50.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,500	$235,761
Median home value	$1,125,000	$808,000
Median gross rent	$1,433	—
Housing units	337	197
Homeownership rate	52.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.3%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allenhurst	Cream Ridge
Population	475 → 387 (-18.5%)	608 → 477 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$106,406 → $96,500 (-9.3%)	$231,417 → $235,761 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$1,265,600 → $1,125,000 (-11.1%)	$735,200 → $808,000 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,433 (+26.1%)	—

Allenhurst

Population

475387

Median household income

$106,406$96,500

Median home value

$1,265,600$1,125,000

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,433

Cream Ridge

Population

608477

Median household income

$231,417$235,761

Median home value

$735,200$808,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allenhurst	Cream Ridge
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.7%	27.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	5.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	1.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	22.6%
55 to 64	23.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	5.5%
75 and over	10.3%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allenhurst	Cream Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	77.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allenhurst	Cream Ridge
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allenhurst	Cream Ridge
Drove alone	76.5%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.9%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allenhurst	Cream Ridge
1-unit, detached	78.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allenhurst	Cream Ridge
Poverty rate	5.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1938	2004