Cliffwood Beach vs Monmouth Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Cliffwood Beach and Monmouth Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monmouth Beach has the higher population (3,201 vs 3,044 in Cliffwood Beach). Monmouth Beach has the higher median household income ($140,074 vs $108,854 in Cliffwood Beach). Monmouth Beach has the higher median home value ($918,100 vs $340,600 in Cliffwood Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffwood Beach	Monmouth Beach
Population	3,044	3,201
Median age	43.7 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,854	$140,074
Median home value	$340,600	$918,100
Median gross rent	$2,598	$2,169
Housing units	1,239	1,884
Homeownership rate	91.9%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	64.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffwood Beach	Monmouth Beach
Population	2,892 → 3,044 (+5.3%)	3,212 → 3,201 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$87,708 → $108,854 (+24.1%)	$134,861 → $140,074 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $340,600 (+34.4%)	$753,200 → $918,100 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $2,598 (+121.9%)	$2,534 → $2,169 (-14.4%)

Cliffwood Beach

Population

2,8923,044

Median household income

$87,708$108,854

Median home value

$253,500$340,600

Median gross rent

$1,171$2,598

Monmouth Beach

Population

3,2123,201

Median household income

$134,861$140,074

Median home value

$753,200$918,100

Median gross rent

$2,534$2,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Monmouth Beach
Under 5	4.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	19.6%	3.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	25.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	18.5%
75 and over	7.8%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Monmouth Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	86.3%
Black or African American	17.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffwood Beach	Monmouth Beach
No high school diploma	12.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Monmouth Beach
Drove alone	86.2%	56.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.3%
Public transit	1.3%	6.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	30.4%
Other means	1.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Monmouth Beach
1-unit, detached	94.3%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cliffwood Beach	Monmouth Beach
Poverty rate	1.9%	2.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1954	1976