Asbury Park vs Eatontown

A side-by-side comparison of Asbury Park and Eatontown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Asbury Park has the higher population (15,239 vs 13,537 in Eatontown). Eatontown has the higher median household income ($90,174 vs $71,080 in Asbury Park). Asbury Park has the higher median home value ($508,800 vs $454,300 in Eatontown).

Population, income & housing

	Asbury Park	Eatontown
Population	15,239	13,537
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,080	$90,174
Median home value	$508,800	$454,300
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,599
Housing units	8,851	6,217
Homeownership rate	29.3%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asbury Park	Eatontown
Population	15,597 → 15,239 (-2.3%)	12,214 → 13,537 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$47,841 → $71,080 (+48.6%)	$66,223 → $90,174 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$377,400 → $508,800 (+34.8%)	$336,200 → $454,300 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,679 (+36.6%)	$1,232 → $1,599 (+29.8%)

Asbury Park

Population

15,59715,239

Median household income

$47,841$71,080

Median home value

$377,400$508,800

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,679

Eatontown

Population

12,21413,537

Median household income

$66,223$90,174

Median home value

$336,200$454,300

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asbury Park	Eatontown
Under 5	3.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	23.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.1%
75 and over	4.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asbury Park	Eatontown
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	60.4%
Black or African American	27.9%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asbury Park	Eatontown
No high school diploma	9.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	24.9%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asbury Park	Eatontown
Drove alone	60.6%	73.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.9%
Public transit	5.1%	3.3%
Walked	6.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	11.0%
Other means	3.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asbury Park	Eatontown
1-unit, detached	24.8%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	25.2%
20 or more units	29.8%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Asbury Park	Eatontown
Poverty rate	18.8%	5.8%
Average household size	1.96	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1959	1972