Belmar vs Union Beach

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

Belmar and Union Beach 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 5,722 in Union Beach). Union Beach has the higher median household income ($128,400 vs $92,859 in Belmar). Belmar has the higher median home value ($771,400 vs $452,900 in Union Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Belmar	Union Beach
Population	5,861	5,722
Median age	43.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,859	$128,400
Median home value	$771,400	$452,900
Median gross rent	$1,832	$1,957
Housing units	3,835	2,253
Homeownership rate	49.3%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmar	Union Beach
Population	5,624 → 5,861 (+4.2%)	5,390 → 5,722 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$87,639 → $92,859 (+6.0%)	$87,571 → $128,400 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$599,900 → $771,400 (+28.6%)	$268,500 → $452,900 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,832 (+16.8%)	$1,698 → $1,957 (+15.3%)

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

Union Beach

Population

5,3905,722

Median household income

$87,571$128,400

Median home value

$268,500$452,900

Median gross rent

$1,698$1,957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmar	Union Beach
Under 5	2.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	20.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.5%
75 and over	5.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmar	Union Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	78.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmar	Union Beach
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	14.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmar	Union Beach
Drove alone	67.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.3%
Public transit	3.9%	6.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	4.9%
Other means	2.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmar	Union Beach
1-unit, detached	49.4%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmar	Union Beach
Poverty rate	8.6%	1.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1959	1964