Bradley Beach vs Wanamassa

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

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

Wanamassa has the higher population (4,344 vs 4,264 in Bradley Beach). Wanamassa has the higher median household income ($167,712 vs $94,722 in Bradley Beach). Bradley Beach has the higher median home value ($857,200 vs $526,400 in Wanamassa).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley Beach	Wanamassa
Population	4,264	4,344
Median age	46.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,722	$167,712
Median home value	$857,200	$526,400
Median gross rent	$1,710	$1,836
Housing units	2,836	1,708
Homeownership rate	48.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.2%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley Beach	Wanamassa
Population	4,193 → 4,264 (+1.7%)	4,630 → 4,344 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$64,246 → $94,722 (+47.4%)	$122,344 → $167,712 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$567,400 → $857,200 (+51.1%)	$372,100 → $526,400 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,348 → $1,710 (+26.9%)	$1,414 → $1,836 (+29.8%)

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

Wanamassa

Population

4,6304,344

Median household income

$122,344$167,712

Median home value

$372,100$526,400

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley Beach	Wanamassa
Under 5	1.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	25.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	5.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.8%
75 and over	10.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley Beach	Wanamassa
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley Beach	Wanamassa
No high school diploma	8.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	12.0%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley Beach	Wanamassa
Drove alone	57.1%	68.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.6%
Public transit	4.8%	1.4%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	26.4%
Other means	2.7%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley Beach	Wanamassa
1-unit, detached	50.0%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	5.9%
20 or more units	19.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradley Beach	Wanamassa
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1970	1955