Farmingdale vs Sea Bright

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

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

Sea Bright has the higher population (1,657 vs 1,399 in Farmingdale). Sea Bright has the higher median household income ($127,738 vs $97,574 in Farmingdale). Sea Bright has the higher median home value ($815,400 vs $401,000 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Sea Bright
Population	1,399	1,657
Median age	36.5 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$97,574	$127,738
Median home value	$401,000	$815,400
Median gross rent	$1,548	$1,910
Housing units	594	1,135
Homeownership rate	57.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Sea Bright
Population	1,299 → 1,399 (+7.7%)	1,337 → 1,657 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$63,650 → $97,574 (+53.3%)	$101,161 → $127,738 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$298,000 → $401,000 (+34.6%)	$527,500 → $815,400 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,548 (+26.1%)	$1,734 → $1,910 (+10.1%)

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

Sea Bright

Population

1,3371,657

Median household income

$101,161$127,738

Median home value

$527,500$815,400

Median gross rent

$1,734$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Sea Bright
Under 5	3.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	8.1%
18 to 24	17.3%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	18.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	23.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.8%
75 and over	3.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Sea Bright
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	94.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Sea Bright
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Sea Bright
Drove alone	82.1%	59.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.9%	14.4%
Walked	1.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Sea Bright
1-unit, detached	57.6%	28.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	31.1%	18.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	20.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Sea Bright
Poverty rate	2.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.39	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1972	1977