Allentown vs Sea Girt

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

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

Sea Girt has the higher population (1,978 vs 1,926 in Allentown). Sea Girt has the higher median household income ($206,000 vs $134,583 in Allentown). Sea Girt has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $397,100 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Sea Girt
Population	1,926	1,978
Median age	40.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$134,583	$206,000
Median home value	$397,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,517	$3,501
Housing units	721	1,188
Homeownership rate	77.7%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	78.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Sea Girt
Population	1,892 → 1,926 (+1.8%)	1,655 → 1,978 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$105,938 → $134,583 (+27.0%)	$146,023 → $206,000 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$320,200 → $397,100 (+24.0%)	$1,585,400 → $2,000,001 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,517 (+23.4%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

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 Girt

Population

1,6551,978

Median household income

$146,023$206,000

Median home value

$1,585,400$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Sea Girt
Under 5	6.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	21.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	17.0%
75 and over	5.9%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Sea Girt
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Sea Girt
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.3%
High school graduate	18.7%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	46.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Sea Girt
Drove alone	75.9%	64.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.5%	3.6%
Walked	1.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	26.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Sea Girt
1-unit, detached	80.9%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Sea Girt
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1954	1962