Atlantic Highlands vs Shrewsbury

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

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

Atlantic Highlands has the higher population (4,409 vs 4,162 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median household income ($144,500 vs $125,438 in Atlantic Highlands). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($735,900 vs $615,300 in Atlantic Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Highlands	Shrewsbury
Population	4,409	4,162
Median age	47.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,438	$144,500
Median home value	$615,300	$735,900
Median gross rent	$1,900	$3,300
Housing units	2,084	1,526
Homeownership rate	70.9%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.4%	65.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Highlands	Shrewsbury
Population	4,309 → 4,409 (+2.3%)	4,086 → 4,162 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$100,048 → $125,438 (+25.4%)	$124,474 → $144,500 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$410,300 → $615,300 (+50.0%)	$589,400 → $735,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,900 (+35.4%)	$2,735 → $3,300 (+20.7%)

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

Shrewsbury

Population

4,0864,162

Median household income

$124,474$144,500

Median home value

$589,400$735,900

Median gross rent

$2,735$3,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Shrewsbury
Under 5	4.2%	10.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	17.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.4%
75 and over	10.0%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Highlands	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	19.9%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Shrewsbury
Drove alone	54.4%	68.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.5%
Public transit	14.5%	7.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	22.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	65.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Highlands	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	1960	1960