Belmar vs Morganville

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

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

Belmar has the higher population (5,861 vs 5,544 in Morganville). Morganville has the higher median household income ($134,911 vs $92,859 in Belmar). Belmar has the higher median home value ($771,400 vs $575,900 in Morganville).

Population, income & housing

	Belmar	Morganville
Population	5,861	5,544
Median age	43.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,859	$134,911
Median home value	$771,400	$575,900
Median gross rent	$1,832	$2,677
Housing units	3,835	2,206
Homeownership rate	49.3%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmar	Morganville
Population	5,624 → 5,861 (+4.2%)	5,088 → 5,544 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$87,639 → $92,859 (+6.0%)	$114,508 → $134,911 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$599,900 → $771,400 (+28.6%)	$553,800 → $575,900 (+4.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,832 (+16.8%)	$2,292 → $2,677 (+16.8%)

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

Morganville

Population

5,0885,544

Median household income

$114,508$134,911

Median home value

$553,800$575,900

Median gross rent

$2,292$2,677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmar	Morganville
Under 5	2.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	18.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmar	Morganville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	56.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	24.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	5.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmar	Morganville
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	14.4%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmar	Morganville
Drove alone	67.2%	59.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.4%
Public transit	3.9%	8.7%
Walked	3.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	18.8%
Other means	2.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmar	Morganville
1-unit, detached	49.4%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	16.1%
20 or more units	15.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmar	Morganville
Poverty rate	8.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1959	1992