Farmingdale vs Navesink

A side-by-side comparison of Farmingdale and Navesink: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Navesink has the higher population (1,904 vs 1,399 in Farmingdale). Navesink has the higher median household income ($145,708 vs $97,574 in Farmingdale). Navesink has the higher median home value ($695,300 vs $401,000 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Navesink
Population	1,399	1,904
Median age	36.5 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$97,574	$145,708
Median home value	$401,000	$695,300
Median gross rent	$1,548	—
Housing units	594	765
Homeownership rate	57.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Navesink
Population	1,299 → 1,399 (+7.7%)	1,470 → 1,904 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$63,650 → $97,574 (+53.3%)	$109,615 → $145,708 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$298,000 → $401,000 (+34.6%)	$448,900 → $695,300 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,548 (+26.1%)	—

Farmingdale

Population

1,2991,399

Median household income

$63,650$97,574

Median home value

$298,000$401,000

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,548

Navesink

Population

1,4701,904

Median household income

$109,615$145,708

Median home value

$448,900$695,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Navesink
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.9%
18 to 24	17.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	2.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	5.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	29.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	17.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	17.3%
75 and over	3.9%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Navesink
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Navesink
No high school diploma	5.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	47.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Navesink
Drove alone	82.1%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	1.0%
Public transit	0.9%	20.2%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Navesink
1-unit, detached	57.6%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	31.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Navesink
Poverty rate	2.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	46
Median year structure built	1972	1958