Belmar vs Little Silver

A side-by-side comparison of Belmar and Little Silver: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Little Silver has the higher population (6,096 vs 5,861 in Belmar). Little Silver has the higher median household income ($220,746 vs $92,859 in Belmar). Little Silver has the higher median home value ($870,700 vs $771,400 in Belmar).

Population, income & housing

	Belmar	Little Silver
Population	5,861	6,096
Median age	43.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,859	$220,746
Median home value	$771,400	$870,700
Median gross rent	$1,832	$3,501
Housing units	3,835	2,352
Homeownership rate	49.3%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	79.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmar	Little Silver
Population	5,624 → 5,861 (+4.2%)	5,844 → 6,096 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$87,639 → $92,859 (+6.0%)	$179,391 → $220,746 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$599,900 → $771,400 (+28.6%)	$642,500 → $870,700 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,832 (+16.8%)	$2,469 → $3,501 (+41.8%)

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

Little Silver

Population

5,8446,096

Median household income

$179,391$220,746

Median home value

$642,500$870,700

Median gross rent

$2,469$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmar	Little Silver
Under 5	2.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	18.6%	19.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.3%
75 and over	5.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmar	Little Silver
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	96.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmar	Little Silver
No high school diploma	7.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	14.4%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	42.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmar	Little Silver
Drove alone	67.2%	56.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.3%
Public transit	3.9%	11.2%
Walked	3.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	26.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmar	Little Silver
1-unit, detached	49.4%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	1.6%
20 or more units	15.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmar	Little Silver
Poverty rate	8.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1959	1960