Cliffwood Beach vs Shark River Hills

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

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

Cliffwood Beach has the higher population (3,044 vs 3,035 in Shark River Hills). Shark River Hills has the higher median household income ($133,193 vs $108,854 in Cliffwood Beach). Shark River Hills has the higher median home value ($482,800 vs $340,600 in Cliffwood Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffwood Beach	Shark River Hills
Population	3,044	3,035
Median age	43.7 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,854	$133,193
Median home value	$340,600	$482,800
Median gross rent	$2,598	—
Housing units	1,239	1,334
Homeownership rate	91.9%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffwood Beach	Shark River Hills
Population	2,892 → 3,044 (+5.3%)	3,299 → 3,035 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$87,708 → $108,854 (+24.1%)	$104,500 → $133,193 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $340,600 (+34.4%)	$357,400 → $482,800 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $2,598 (+121.9%)	$1,368 → $1,714 (+25.3%)

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

Shark River Hills

Population

3,2993,035

Median household income

$104,500$133,193

Median home value

$357,400$482,800

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Shark River Hills
Under 5	4.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	19.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	20.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.3%
75 and over	7.8%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Shark River Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	17.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffwood Beach	Shark River Hills
No high school diploma	12.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Shark River Hills
Drove alone	86.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.3%
Public transit	1.3%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	13.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Shark River Hills
1-unit, detached	94.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cliffwood Beach	Shark River Hills
Poverty rate	1.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1954	1965