Avon-by-the-Sea vs Sea Bright

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

Avon-by-the-Sea and Sea Bright 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 1,657 in Sea Bright). Sea Bright has the higher median household income ($127,738 vs $109,113 in Avon-by-the-Sea). Avon-by-the-Sea has the higher median home value ($1,349,000 vs $815,400 in Sea Bright).

Population, income & housing

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Bright
Population	1,801	1,657
Median age	55.3 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$109,113	$127,738
Median home value	$1,349,000	$815,400
Median gross rent	$1,891	$1,910
Housing units	1,254	1,135
Homeownership rate	65.7%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.1%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Bright
Population	1,789 → 1,801 (+0.7%)	1,337 → 1,657 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$92,813 → $109,113 (+17.6%)	$101,161 → $127,738 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$884,300 → $1,349,000 (+52.6%)	$527,500 → $815,400 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,484 → $1,891 (+27.4%)	$1,734 → $1,910 (+10.1%)

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

Sea Bright

Population

1,3371,657

Median household income

$101,161$127,738

Median home value

$527,500$815,400

Median gross rent

$1,734$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Bright
Under 5	0.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	8.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	4.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	23.1%
65 to 74	17.4%	13.8%
75 and over	14.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Bright
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Bright
No high school diploma	2.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.0%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	44.9%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Bright
Drove alone	65.7%	59.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.3%
Public transit	1.8%	14.4%
Walked	3.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	4.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	20.3%	15.3%
Other means	2.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Bright
1-unit, detached	68.6%	28.3%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	23.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	18.4%
20 or more units	11.6%	20.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Bright
Poverty rate	6.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.04	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1948	1977