Eatontown vs Tinton Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Eatontown and Tinton Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tinton Falls has the higher population (19,252 vs 13,537 in Eatontown). Tinton Falls has the higher median household income ($113,844 vs $90,174 in Eatontown). Tinton Falls has the higher median home value ($458,300 vs $454,300 in Eatontown).

Population, income & housing

	Eatontown	Tinton Falls
Population	13,537	19,252
Median age	45.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,174	$113,844
Median home value	$454,300	$458,300
Median gross rent	$1,599	$2,103
Housing units	6,217	9,095
Homeownership rate	54.6%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eatontown	Tinton Falls
Population	12,214 → 13,537 (+10.8%)	17,632 → 19,252 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$66,223 → $90,174 (+36.2%)	$87,157 → $113,844 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$336,200 → $454,300 (+35.1%)	$354,300 → $458,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,599 (+29.8%)	$1,895 → $2,103 (+11.0%)

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

Tinton Falls

Population

17,63219,252

Median household income

$87,157$113,844

Median home value

$354,300$458,300

Median gross rent

$1,895$2,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eatontown	Tinton Falls
Under 5	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.2%
75 and over	8.2%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eatontown	Tinton Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	74.5%
Black or African American	6.7%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.9%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eatontown	Tinton Falls
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	22.3%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eatontown	Tinton Falls
Drove alone	73.3%	69.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.0%
Public transit	3.3%	5.8%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	16.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eatontown	Tinton Falls
1-unit, detached	39.5%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	25.2%	8.1%
20 or more units	9.6%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eatontown	Tinton Falls
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1972	1992