Cliffwood Beach vs Port Monmouth

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

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

Port Monmouth has the higher population (3,285 vs 3,044 in Cliffwood Beach). Cliffwood Beach has the higher median household income ($108,854 vs $106,677 in Port Monmouth). Port Monmouth has the higher median home value ($423,600 vs $340,600 in Cliffwood Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffwood Beach	Port Monmouth
Population	3,044	3,285
Median age	43.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,854	$106,677
Median home value	$340,600	$423,600
Median gross rent	$2,598	$1,169
Housing units	1,239	1,349
Homeownership rate	91.9%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffwood Beach	Port Monmouth
Population	2,892 → 3,044 (+5.3%)	3,360 → 3,285 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$87,708 → $108,854 (+24.1%)	$86,875 → $106,677 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $340,600 (+34.4%)	$284,400 → $423,600 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $2,598 (+121.9%)	$958 → $1,169 (+22.0%)

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

Port Monmouth

Population

3,3603,285

Median household income

$86,875$106,677

Median home value

$284,400$423,600

Median gross rent

$958$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Port Monmouth
Under 5	4.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	19.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	20.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Port Monmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	82.4%
Black or African American	17.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffwood Beach	Port Monmouth
No high school diploma	12.8%	2.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Port Monmouth
Drove alone	86.2%	68.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	13.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	15.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Port Monmouth
1-unit, detached	94.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cliffwood Beach	Port Monmouth
Poverty rate	1.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1954	1984