Bradley Beach vs Highlands

A side-by-side comparison of Bradley Beach and Highlands: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highlands has the higher population (4,575 vs 4,264 in Bradley Beach). Bradley Beach has the higher median household income ($94,722 vs $90,082 in Highlands). Bradley Beach has the higher median home value ($857,200 vs $394,800 in Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley Beach	Highlands
Population	4,264	4,575
Median age	46.4 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,722	$90,082
Median home value	$857,200	$394,800
Median gross rent	$1,710	$1,848
Housing units	2,836	2,996
Homeownership rate	48.3%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.2%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley Beach	Highlands
Population	4,193 → 4,264 (+1.7%)	4,768 → 4,575 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$64,246 → $94,722 (+47.4%)	$60,638 → $90,082 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$567,400 → $857,200 (+51.1%)	$291,000 → $394,800 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,348 → $1,710 (+26.9%)	$1,217 → $1,848 (+51.8%)

Bradley Beach

Population

4,1934,264

Median household income

$64,246$94,722

Median home value

$567,400$857,200

Median gross rent

$1,348$1,710

Highlands

Population

4,7684,575

Median household income

$60,638$90,082

Median home value

$291,000$394,800

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley Beach	Highlands
Under 5	1.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	25.8%	18.3%
35 to 44	5.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	20.2%
65 to 74	15.0%	13.0%
75 and over	10.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley Beach	Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley Beach	Highlands
No high school diploma	8.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	12.0%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley Beach	Highlands
Drove alone	57.1%	56.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.3%
Public transit	4.8%	10.3%
Walked	2.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	24.4%	22.8%
Other means	2.7%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley Beach	Highlands
1-unit, detached	50.0%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	22.0%
20 or more units	19.2%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bradley Beach	Highlands
Poverty rate	6.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.05	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1970	1975