Asbury Park vs Red Bank

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

Asbury Park and Red Bank 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 12,864 in Red Bank). Red Bank has the higher median household income ($101,738 vs $71,080 in Asbury Park). Asbury Park has the higher median home value ($508,800 vs $477,000 in Red Bank).

Population, income & housing

	Asbury Park	Red Bank
Population	15,239	12,864
Median age	38.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,080	$101,738
Median home value	$508,800	$477,000
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,985
Housing units	8,851	6,184
Homeownership rate	29.3%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asbury Park	Red Bank
Population	15,597 → 15,239 (-2.3%)	12,072 → 12,864 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$47,841 → $71,080 (+48.6%)	$74,181 → $101,738 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$377,400 → $508,800 (+34.8%)	$404,400 → $477,000 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,679 (+36.6%)	$1,578 → $1,985 (+25.8%)

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

Red Bank

Population

12,07212,864

Median household income

$74,181$101,738

Median home value

$404,400$477,000

Median gross rent

$1,578$1,985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asbury Park	Red Bank
Under 5	3.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	23.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.3%
75 and over	4.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asbury Park	Red Bank
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	58.3%
Black or African American	27.9%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asbury Park	Red Bank
No high school diploma	9.7%	11.7%
High school graduate	24.9%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asbury Park	Red Bank
Drove alone	60.6%	64.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.7%
Public transit	5.1%	4.8%
Walked	6.4%	5.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	13.5%
Other means	3.1%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asbury Park	Red Bank
1-unit, detached	24.8%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	11.7%
20 or more units	29.8%	22.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Asbury Park	Red Bank
Poverty rate	18.8%	8.9%
Average household size	1.96	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1959	1955