Belmar vs Manasquan

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

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

Manasquan has the higher population (5,915 vs 5,861 in Belmar). Manasquan has the higher median household income ($156,542 vs $92,859 in Belmar). Manasquan has the higher median home value ($947,100 vs $771,400 in Belmar).

Population, income & housing

	Belmar	Manasquan
Population	5,861	5,915
Median age	43.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,859	$156,542
Median home value	$771,400	$947,100
Median gross rent	$1,832	$1,655
Housing units	3,835	3,372
Homeownership rate	49.3%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmar	Manasquan
Population	5,624 → 5,861 (+4.2%)	5,829 → 5,915 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$87,639 → $92,859 (+6.0%)	$124,185 → $156,542 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$599,900 → $771,400 (+28.6%)	$679,300 → $947,100 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,832 (+16.8%)	$1,206 → $1,655 (+37.2%)

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

Manasquan

Population

5,8295,915

Median household income

$124,185$156,542

Median home value

$679,300$947,100

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmar	Manasquan
Under 5	2.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	18.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	24.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.8%
75 and over	5.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmar	Manasquan
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	90.4%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmar	Manasquan
No high school diploma	7.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	14.4%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	29.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmar	Manasquan
Drove alone	67.2%	71.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.6%
Public transit	3.9%	2.1%
Walked	3.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	2.1%	1.6%
Worked from home	11.7%	18.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmar	Manasquan
1-unit, detached	49.4%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.2%
20 or more units	15.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmar	Manasquan
Poverty rate	8.6%	1.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1959	1960