Cliffwood Beach vs West Belmar

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

Cliffwood Beach and West Belmar 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 2,682 in West Belmar). West Belmar has the higher median household income ($113,083 vs $108,854 in Cliffwood Beach). West Belmar has the higher median home value ($490,000 vs $340,600 in Cliffwood Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffwood Beach	West Belmar
Population	3,044	2,682
Median age	43.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,854	$113,083
Median home value	$340,600	$490,000
Median gross rent	$2,598	$1,661
Housing units	1,239	1,251
Homeownership rate	91.9%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffwood Beach	West Belmar
Population	2,892 → 3,044 (+5.3%)	2,325 → 2,682 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$87,708 → $108,854 (+24.1%)	$106,089 → $113,083 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $340,600 (+34.4%)	$349,400 → $490,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $2,598 (+121.9%)	$1,750 → $1,661 (-5.1%)

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

West Belmar

Population

2,3252,682

Median household income

$106,089$113,083

Median home value

$349,400$490,000

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	West Belmar
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	19.6%	18.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	24.8%
75 and over	7.8%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	West Belmar
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	85.0%
Black or African American	17.3%	2.7%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffwood Beach	West Belmar
No high school diploma	12.8%	0.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	West Belmar
Drove alone	86.2%	74.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.8%
Public transit	1.3%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.1%	20.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffwood Beach	West Belmar
1-unit, detached	94.3%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.2%
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	West Belmar
Poverty rate	1.9%	1.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1954	1944