Brielle vs Spring Lake Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Brielle and Spring Lake Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Brielle and Spring Lake Heights 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 4,866 in Spring Lake Heights). Brielle has the higher median household income ($167,754 vs $102,829 in Spring Lake Heights). Brielle has the higher median home value ($815,100 vs $648,500 in Spring Lake Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Brielle	Spring Lake Heights
Population	4,960	4,866
Median age	45.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$167,754	$102,829
Median home value	$815,100	$648,500
Median gross rent	$2,655	$1,817
Housing units	2,093	2,743
Homeownership rate	92.1%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.9%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brielle	Spring Lake Heights
Population	4,697 → 4,960 (+5.6%)	4,564 → 4,866 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$140,352 → $167,754 (+19.5%)	$87,500 → $102,829 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$640,000 → $815,100 (+27.4%)	$492,300 → $648,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,205 → $2,655 (+20.4%)	$1,591 → $1,817 (+14.2%)

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

Spring Lake Heights

Population

4,5644,866

Median household income

$87,500$102,829

Median home value

$492,300$648,500

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brielle	Spring Lake Heights
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	6.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	17.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	13.3%
75 and over	7.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brielle	Spring Lake Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brielle	Spring Lake Heights
No high school diploma	3.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	11.8%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brielle	Spring Lake Heights
Drove alone	71.9%	68.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.9%	5.2%
Walked	1.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.4%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brielle	Spring Lake Heights
1-unit, detached	78.9%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brielle	Spring Lake Heights
Poverty rate	1.4%	4.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1963	1973