Cliffwood Beach vs North Middletown

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

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

North Middletown has the higher population (3,081 vs 3,044 in Cliffwood Beach). North Middletown has the higher median household income ($146,650 vs $108,854 in Cliffwood Beach). Cliffwood Beach has the higher median home value ($340,600 vs $311,500 in North Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffwood Beach	North Middletown
Population	3,044	3,081
Median age	43.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,854	$146,650
Median home value	$340,600	$311,500
Median gross rent	$2,598	$2,095
Housing units	1,239	1,201
Homeownership rate	91.9%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffwood Beach	North Middletown
Population	2,892 → 3,044 (+5.3%)	3,179 → 3,081 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$87,708 → $108,854 (+24.1%)	$93,071 → $146,650 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $340,600 (+34.4%)	$235,800 → $311,500 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $2,598 (+121.9%)	$1,662 → $2,095 (+26.1%)

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

North Middletown

Population

3,1793,081

Median household income

$93,071$146,650

Median home value

$235,800$311,500

Median gross rent

$1,662$2,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	North Middletown
Under 5	4.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	19.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.3%
75 and over	7.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	North Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	64.9%
Black or African American	17.3%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffwood Beach	North Middletown
No high school diploma	12.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	North Middletown
Drove alone	86.2%	89.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	North Middletown
1-unit, detached	94.3%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Cliffwood Beach	North Middletown
Poverty rate	1.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1954	1954