Belmar vs Fair Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Belmar and Fair Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

Belmar and Fair Haven are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fair Haven has the higher population (6,182 vs 5,861 in Belmar). Fair Haven has the higher median household income ($237,132 vs $92,859 in Belmar). Fair Haven has the higher median home value ($943,300 vs $771,400 in Belmar).

Population, income & housing

	Belmar	Fair Haven
Population	5,861	6,182
Median age	43.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,859	$237,132
Median home value	$771,400	$943,300
Median gross rent	$1,832	$3,500
Housing units	3,835	2,082
Homeownership rate	49.3%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	81.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmar	Fair Haven
Population	5,624 → 5,861 (+4.2%)	5,873 → 6,182 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$87,639 → $92,859 (+6.0%)	$179,138 → $237,132 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$599,900 → $771,400 (+28.6%)	$731,900 → $943,300 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,832 (+16.8%)	$2,288 → $3,500 (+53.0%)

Belmar

Population

5,6245,861

Median household income

$87,639$92,859

Median home value

$599,900$771,400

Median gross rent

$1,568$1,832

Fair Haven

Population

5,8736,182

Median household income

$179,138$237,132

Median home value

$731,900$943,300

Median gross rent

$2,288$3,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmar	Fair Haven
Under 5	2.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	18.6%	4.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.5%
75 and over	5.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmar	Fair Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmar	Fair Haven
No high school diploma	7.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	14.4%	5.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	48.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	32.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmar	Fair Haven
Drove alone	67.2%	53.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.9%
Public transit	3.9%	16.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.7%	23.4%
Other means	2.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmar	Fair Haven
1-unit, detached	49.4%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	1.8%
20 or more units	15.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmar	Fair Haven
Poverty rate	8.6%	1.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	1959	1956