Belford vs Sea Girt

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

Belford 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.

Belford has the higher population (2,039 vs 1,978 in Sea Girt). Sea Girt has the higher median household income ($206,000 vs $121,406 in Belford). Sea Girt has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $491,100 in Belford).

Population, income & housing

	Belford	Sea Girt
Population	2,039	1,978
Median age	36.9 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$121,406	$206,000
Median home value	$491,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,111	$3,501
Housing units	712	1,188
Homeownership rate	84.5%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	78.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belford	Sea Girt
Population	2,129 → 2,039 (-4.2%)	1,655 → 1,978 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$156,250 → $121,406 (-22.3%)	$146,023 → $206,000 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$376,200 → $491,100 (+30.5%)	$1,585,400 → $2,000,001 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,920 → $2,111 (+9.9%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Belford

Population

2,1292,039

Median household income

$156,250$121,406

Median home value

$376,200$491,100

Median gross rent

$1,920$2,111

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)

	Belford	Sea Girt
Under 5	10.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.6%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	21.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	17.0%
75 and over	2.7%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belford	Sea Girt
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belford	Sea Girt
No high school diploma	5.6%	0.3%
High school graduate	21.9%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	46.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belford	Sea Girt
Drove alone	68.6%	64.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.6%
Public transit	9.2%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	4.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	26.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belford	Sea Girt
1-unit, detached	70.1%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belford	Sea Girt
Poverty rate	6.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.99	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	40	31
Median year structure built	1978	1962