Asbury Park vs Long Branch

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

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

Long Branch has the higher population (32,184 vs 15,239 in Asbury Park). Long Branch has the higher median household income ($73,381 vs $71,080 in Asbury Park). Long Branch has the higher median home value ($519,000 vs $508,800 in Asbury Park).

Population, income & housing

	Asbury Park	Long Branch
Population	15,239	32,184
Median age	38.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,080	$73,381
Median home value	$508,800	$519,000
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,744
Housing units	8,851	15,135
Homeownership rate	29.3%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asbury Park	Long Branch
Population	15,597 → 15,239 (-2.3%)	30,516 → 32,184 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$47,841 → $71,080 (+48.6%)	$59,892 → $73,381 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$377,400 → $508,800 (+34.8%)	$362,400 → $519,000 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,679 (+36.6%)	$1,311 → $1,744 (+33.0%)

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

Long Branch

Population

30,51632,184

Median household income

$59,892$73,381

Median home value

$362,400$519,000

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asbury Park	Long Branch
Under 5	3.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	13.9%
25 to 34	23.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.0%
75 and over	4.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asbury Park	Long Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	53.3%
Black or African American	27.9%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asbury Park	Long Branch
No high school diploma	9.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	24.9%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asbury Park	Long Branch
Drove alone	60.6%	56.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	23.5%
Public transit	5.1%	4.8%
Walked	6.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.9%	8.3%
Other means	3.1%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asbury Park	Long Branch
1-unit, detached	24.8%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	9.7%
20 or more units	29.8%	28.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Asbury Park	Long Branch
Poverty rate	18.8%	16.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1959	1969