Allentown vs Sea Bright

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

Allentown and Sea Bright 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 1,657 in Sea Bright). Allentown has the higher median household income ($134,583 vs $127,738 in Sea Bright). Sea Bright has the higher median home value ($815,400 vs $397,100 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Sea Bright
Population	1,926	1,657
Median age	40.0 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$134,583	$127,738
Median home value	$397,100	$815,400
Median gross rent	$1,517	$1,910
Housing units	721	1,135
Homeownership rate	77.7%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Sea Bright
Population	1,892 → 1,926 (+1.8%)	1,337 → 1,657 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$105,938 → $134,583 (+27.0%)	$101,161 → $127,738 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$320,200 → $397,100 (+24.0%)	$527,500 → $815,400 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,517 (+23.4%)	$1,734 → $1,910 (+10.1%)

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

Sea Bright

Population

1,3371,657

Median household income

$101,161$127,738

Median home value

$527,500$815,400

Median gross rent

$1,734$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Sea Bright
Under 5	6.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	8.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	18.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	23.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	13.8%
75 and over	5.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Sea Bright
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Sea Bright
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.7%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Sea Bright
Drove alone	75.9%	59.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.5%	14.4%
Walked	1.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	17.7%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Sea Bright
1-unit, detached	80.9%	28.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	23.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	18.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	20.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Sea Bright
Poverty rate	3.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.82	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	1954	1977