Atlantic Highlands vs Wanamassa

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

Atlantic Highlands and Wanamassa 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 4,344 in Wanamassa). Wanamassa has the higher median household income ($167,712 vs $125,438 in Atlantic Highlands). Atlantic Highlands has the higher median home value ($615,300 vs $526,400 in Wanamassa).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Highlands	Wanamassa
Population	4,409	4,344
Median age	47.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,438	$167,712
Median home value	$615,300	$526,400
Median gross rent	$1,900	$1,836
Housing units	2,084	1,708
Homeownership rate	70.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.4%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Highlands	Wanamassa
Population	4,309 → 4,409 (+2.3%)	4,630 → 4,344 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$100,048 → $125,438 (+25.4%)	$122,344 → $167,712 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$410,300 → $615,300 (+50.0%)	$372,100 → $526,400 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,900 (+35.4%)	$1,414 → $1,836 (+29.8%)

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

Wanamassa

Population

4,6304,344

Median household income

$122,344$167,712

Median home value

$372,100$526,400

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Wanamassa
Under 5	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	17.6%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	7.8%
75 and over	10.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Wanamassa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Highlands	Wanamassa
No high school diploma	2.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	19.9%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Wanamassa
Drove alone	54.4%	68.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.6%
Public transit	14.5%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	26.4%
Other means	1.9%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Wanamassa
1-unit, detached	65.0%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	5.9%
20 or more units	17.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Highlands	Wanamassa
Poverty rate	4.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	39	27
Median year structure built	1960	1955