Atlantic Highlands vs Spring Lake Heights

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

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

Spring Lake Heights has the higher population (4,866 vs 4,409 in Atlantic Highlands). Atlantic Highlands has the higher median household income ($125,438 vs $102,829 in Spring Lake Heights). Spring Lake Heights has the higher median home value ($648,500 vs $615,300 in Atlantic Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Population	4,409	4,866
Median age	47.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,438	$102,829
Median home value	$615,300	$648,500
Median gross rent	$1,900	$1,817
Housing units	2,084	2,743
Homeownership rate	70.9%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.4%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Population	4,309 → 4,409 (+2.3%)	4,564 → 4,866 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$100,048 → $125,438 (+25.4%)	$87,500 → $102,829 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$410,300 → $615,300 (+50.0%)	$492,300 → $648,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,900 (+35.4%)	$1,591 → $1,817 (+14.2%)

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

Spring Lake Heights

Population

4,5644,866

Median household income

$87,500$102,829

Median home value

$492,300$648,500

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Under 5	4.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	10.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	17.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	19.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.3%
75 and over	10.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.9%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Drove alone	54.4%	68.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.8%
Public transit	14.5%	5.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	26.5%	18.6%
Other means	1.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
1-unit, detached	65.0%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Poverty rate	4.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	39	28
Median year structure built	1960	1973