Asbury Park vs Tinton Falls

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

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

Tinton Falls has the higher population (19,252 vs 15,239 in Asbury Park). Tinton Falls has the higher median household income ($113,844 vs $71,080 in Asbury Park). Asbury Park has the higher median home value ($508,800 vs $458,300 in Tinton Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Asbury Park	Tinton Falls
Population	15,239	19,252
Median age	38.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,080	$113,844
Median home value	$508,800	$458,300
Median gross rent	$1,679	$2,103
Housing units	8,851	9,095
Homeownership rate	29.3%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asbury Park	Tinton Falls
Population	15,597 → 15,239 (-2.3%)	17,632 → 19,252 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$47,841 → $71,080 (+48.6%)	$87,157 → $113,844 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$377,400 → $508,800 (+34.8%)	$354,300 → $458,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,679 (+36.6%)	$1,895 → $2,103 (+11.0%)

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

Tinton Falls

Population

17,63219,252

Median household income

$87,157$113,844

Median home value

$354,300$458,300

Median gross rent

$1,895$2,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asbury Park	Tinton Falls
Under 5	3.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	23.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.2%
75 and over	4.2%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asbury Park	Tinton Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	74.5%
Black or African American	27.9%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asbury Park	Tinton Falls
No high school diploma	9.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	24.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asbury Park	Tinton Falls
Drove alone	60.6%	69.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.0%
Public transit	5.1%	5.8%
Walked	6.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	16.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asbury Park	Tinton Falls
1-unit, detached	24.8%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	8.1%
20 or more units	29.8%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Asbury Park	Tinton Falls
Poverty rate	18.8%	8.6%
Average household size	1.96	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1959	1992