Cliffwood Beach vs Spring Lake

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

Cliffwood Beach and Spring Lake 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 2,782 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median household income ($146,976 vs $108,854 in Cliffwood Beach). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $340,600 in Cliffwood Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffwood Beach	Spring Lake
Population	3,044	2,782
Median age	43.7 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$108,854	$146,976
Median home value	$340,600	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,598	$2,194
Housing units	1,239	1,991
Homeownership rate	91.9%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	81.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffwood Beach	Spring Lake
Population	2,892 → 3,044 (+5.3%)	2,927 → 2,782 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$87,708 → $108,854 (+24.1%)	$86,200 → $146,976 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $340,600 (+34.4%)	$1,818,500 → $2,000,001 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $2,598 (+121.9%)	$2,068 → $2,194 (+6.1%)

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

Spring Lake

Population

2,9272,782

Median household income

$86,200$146,976

Median home value

$1,818,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,068$2,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Spring Lake
Under 5	4.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	8.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	19.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	20.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	24.5%
75 and over	7.8%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Spring Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	95.4%
Black or African American	17.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffwood Beach	Spring Lake
No high school diploma	12.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	43.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Spring Lake
Drove alone	86.2%	63.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	5.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	26.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	Spring Lake
1-unit, detached	94.3%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cliffwood Beach	Spring Lake
Poverty rate	1.9%	3.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1954	1958