Atlantic Highlands vs Brielle

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic Highlands and Brielle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brielle has the higher population (4,960 vs 4,409 in Atlantic Highlands). Brielle has the higher median household income ($167,754 vs $125,438 in Atlantic Highlands). Brielle has the higher median home value ($815,100 vs $615,300 in Atlantic Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Highlands	Brielle
Population	4,409	4,960
Median age	47.9 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,438	$167,754
Median home value	$615,300	$815,100
Median gross rent	$1,900	$2,655
Housing units	2,084	2,093
Homeownership rate	70.9%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.4%	64.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Highlands	Brielle
Population	4,309 → 4,409 (+2.3%)	4,697 → 4,960 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$100,048 → $125,438 (+25.4%)	$140,352 → $167,754 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$410,300 → $615,300 (+50.0%)	$640,000 → $815,100 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,900 (+35.4%)	$2,205 → $2,655 (+20.4%)

Atlantic Highlands

Population

4,3094,409

Median household income

$100,048$125,438

Median home value

$410,300$615,300

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,900

Brielle

Population

4,6974,960

Median household income

$140,352$167,754

Median home value

$640,000$815,100

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Brielle
Under 5	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	17.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	15.4%	14.6%
75 and over	10.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Brielle
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Highlands	Brielle
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	19.9%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Brielle
Drove alone	54.4%	71.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	4.9%
Public transit	14.5%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	20.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Brielle
1-unit, detached	65.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Highlands	Brielle
Poverty rate	4.3%	1.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	1960	1963