Avon-by-the-Sea vs Farmingdale

A side-by-side comparison of Avon-by-the-Sea and Farmingdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Avon-by-the-Sea and Farmingdale are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avon-by-the-Sea has the higher population (1,801 vs 1,399 in Farmingdale). Avon-by-the-Sea has the higher median household income ($109,113 vs $97,574 in Farmingdale). Avon-by-the-Sea has the higher median home value ($1,349,000 vs $401,000 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Farmingdale
Population	1,801	1,399
Median age	55.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,113	$97,574
Median home value	$1,349,000	$401,000
Median gross rent	$1,891	$1,548
Housing units	1,254	594
Homeownership rate	65.7%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.1%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Farmingdale
Population	1,789 → 1,801 (+0.7%)	1,299 → 1,399 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$92,813 → $109,113 (+17.6%)	$63,650 → $97,574 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$884,300 → $1,349,000 (+52.6%)	$298,000 → $401,000 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,484 → $1,891 (+27.4%)	$1,228 → $1,548 (+26.1%)

Avon-by-the-Sea

Population

1,7891,801

Median household income

$92,813$109,113

Median home value

$884,300$1,349,000

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,891

Farmingdale

Population

1,2991,399

Median household income

$63,650$97,574

Median home value

$298,000$401,000

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Farmingdale
Under 5	0.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	17.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	4.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	17.4%	11.9%
75 and over	14.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Farmingdale
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Farmingdale
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	12.0%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	44.9%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Farmingdale
Drove alone	65.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	7.7%
Public transit	1.8%	0.9%
Walked	3.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	4.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	7.4%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Farmingdale
1-unit, detached	68.6%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	31.1%
20 or more units	11.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Farmingdale
Poverty rate	6.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1948	1972