Eatontown vs Long Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Eatontown and Long Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Eatontown and Long Branch are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Long Branch has the higher population (32,184 vs 13,537 in Eatontown). Eatontown has the higher median household income ($90,174 vs $73,381 in Long Branch). Long Branch has the higher median home value ($519,000 vs $454,300 in Eatontown).

Population, income & housing

	Eatontown	Long Branch
Population	13,537	32,184
Median age	45.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,174	$73,381
Median home value	$454,300	$519,000
Median gross rent	$1,599	$1,744
Housing units	6,217	15,135
Homeownership rate	54.6%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eatontown	Long Branch
Population	12,214 → 13,537 (+10.8%)	30,516 → 32,184 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$66,223 → $90,174 (+36.2%)	$59,892 → $73,381 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$336,200 → $454,300 (+35.1%)	$362,400 → $519,000 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,599 (+29.8%)	$1,311 → $1,744 (+33.0%)

Eatontown

Population

12,21413,537

Median household income

$66,223$90,174

Median home value

$336,200$454,300

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,599

Long Branch

Population

30,51632,184

Median household income

$59,892$73,381

Median home value

$362,400$519,000

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eatontown	Long Branch
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	13.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eatontown	Long Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	53.3%
Black or African American	6.7%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eatontown	Long Branch
No high school diploma	10.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	22.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eatontown	Long Branch
Drove alone	73.3%	56.0%
Carpooled	8.9%	23.5%
Public transit	3.3%	4.8%
Walked	1.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.0%	8.3%
Other means	2.2%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eatontown	Long Branch
1-unit, detached	39.5%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	25.2%	9.7%
20 or more units	9.6%	28.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Eatontown	Long Branch
Poverty rate	5.8%	16.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1972	1969