Brielle vs Neptune City

A side-by-side comparison of Brielle and Neptune City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brielle has the higher population (4,960 vs 4,607 in Neptune City). Brielle has the higher median household income ($167,754 vs $82,872 in Neptune City). Brielle has the higher median home value ($815,100 vs $383,600 in Neptune City).

Population, income & housing

	Brielle	Neptune City
Population	4,960	4,607
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$167,754	$82,872
Median home value	$815,100	$383,600
Median gross rent	$2,655	$1,525
Housing units	2,093	2,281
Homeownership rate	92.1%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.9%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brielle	Neptune City
Population	4,697 → 4,960 (+5.6%)	4,672 → 4,607 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$140,352 → $167,754 (+19.5%)	$62,076 → $82,872 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$640,000 → $815,100 (+27.4%)	$289,300 → $383,600 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,205 → $2,655 (+20.4%)	$1,198 → $1,525 (+27.3%)

Brielle

Population

4,6974,960

Median household income

$140,352$167,754

Median home value

$640,000$815,100

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,655

Neptune City

Population

4,6724,607

Median household income

$62,076$82,872

Median home value

$289,300$383,600

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brielle	Neptune City
Under 5	4.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	9.6%
75 and over	7.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brielle	Neptune City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	62.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	18.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brielle	Neptune City
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	11.8%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brielle	Neptune City
Drove alone	71.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.7%
Walked	1.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	20.4%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brielle	Neptune City
1-unit, detached	78.9%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Brielle	Neptune City
Poverty rate	1.4%	18.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1963	1957