Highlands vs Neptune City

A side-by-side comparison of Highlands and Neptune City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Neptune City has the higher population (4,607 vs 4,575 in Highlands). Highlands has the higher median household income ($90,082 vs $82,872 in Neptune City). Highlands has the higher median home value ($394,800 vs $383,600 in Neptune City).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands	Neptune City
Population	4,575	4,607
Median age	49.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,082	$82,872
Median home value	$394,800	$383,600
Median gross rent	$1,848	$1,525
Housing units	2,996	2,281
Homeownership rate	64.0%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands	Neptune City
Population	4,768 → 4,575 (-4.0%)	4,672 → 4,607 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$60,638 → $90,082 (+48.6%)	$62,076 → $82,872 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$291,000 → $394,800 (+35.7%)	$289,300 → $383,600 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,217 → $1,848 (+51.8%)	$1,198 → $1,525 (+27.3%)

Highlands

Population

4,7684,575

Median household income

$60,638$90,082

Median home value

$291,000$394,800

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,848

Neptune City

Population

4,6724,607

Median household income

$62,076$82,872

Median home value

$289,300$383,600

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands	Neptune City
Under 5	4.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	9.6%	10.7%
18 to 24	1.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	18.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	20.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.6%
75 and over	12.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands	Neptune City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	62.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	18.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands	Neptune City
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	18.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands	Neptune City
Drove alone	56.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.5%
Public transit	10.3%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	2.7%
Worked from home	22.8%	5.5%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands	Neptune City
1-unit, detached	40.0%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	22.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	16.7%	22.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Highlands	Neptune City
Poverty rate	7.6%	18.2%
Average household size	1.75	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1975	1957