Avon-by-the-Sea vs Sea Girt

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

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

Sea Girt has the higher population (1,978 vs 1,801 in Avon-by-the-Sea). Sea Girt has the higher median household income ($206,000 vs $109,113 in Avon-by-the-Sea). Sea Girt has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,349,000 in Avon-by-the-Sea).

Population, income & housing

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Girt
Population	1,801	1,978
Median age	55.3 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$109,113	$206,000
Median home value	$1,349,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,891	$3,501
Housing units	1,254	1,188
Homeownership rate	65.7%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.1%	78.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Girt
Population	1,789 → 1,801 (+0.7%)	1,655 → 1,978 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$92,813 → $109,113 (+17.6%)	$146,023 → $206,000 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$884,300 → $1,349,000 (+52.6%)	$1,585,400 → $2,000,001 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,484 → $1,891 (+27.4%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

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 Girt

Population

1,6551,978

Median household income

$146,023$206,000

Median home value

$1,585,400$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Girt
Under 5	0.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	6.0%
35 to 44	4.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	18.9%	21.2%
65 to 74	17.4%	17.0%
75 and over	14.5%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Girt
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Girt
No high school diploma	2.5%	0.3%
High school graduate	12.0%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	44.9%	46.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Girt
Drove alone	65.7%	64.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.6%
Public transit	1.8%	3.6%
Walked	3.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	4.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	26.8%
Other means	2.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Girt
1-unit, detached	68.6%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avon-by-the-Sea	Sea Girt
Poverty rate	6.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1948	1962