Allentown vs Navesink

A side-by-side comparison of Allentown and Navesink: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allentown has the higher population (1,926 vs 1,904 in Navesink). Navesink has the higher median household income ($145,708 vs $134,583 in Allentown). Navesink has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $397,100 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Navesink
Population	1,926	1,904
Median age	40.0 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$134,583	$145,708
Median home value	$397,100	$695,300
Median gross rent	$1,517	—
Housing units	721	765
Homeownership rate	77.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Navesink
Population	1,892 → 1,926 (+1.8%)	1,470 → 1,904 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$105,938 → $134,583 (+27.0%)	$109,615 → $145,708 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$320,200 → $397,100 (+24.0%)	$448,900 → $695,300 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,517 (+23.4%)	—

Allentown

Population

1,8921,926

Median household income

$105,938$134,583

Median home value

$320,200$397,100

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,517

Navesink

Population

1,4701,904

Median household income

$109,615$145,708

Median home value

$448,900$695,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Navesink
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	2.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	5.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	29.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	17.3%
75 and over	5.9%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Navesink
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	97.5%
Black or African American	6.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Navesink
No high school diploma	7.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	18.7%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	47.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Navesink
Drove alone	75.9%	72.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	1.0%
Public transit	0.5%	20.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Navesink
1-unit, detached	80.9%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Navesink
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.2%
Average household size	2.82	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	31	46
Median year structure built	1954	1958