Keansburg vs West Long Branch

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

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

Keansburg has the higher population (9,729 vs 8,576 in West Long Branch). West Long Branch has the higher median household income ($123,661 vs $87,484 in Keansburg). West Long Branch has the higher median home value ($631,300 vs $274,500 in Keansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Keansburg	West Long Branch
Population	9,729	8,576
Median age	40.8 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,484	$123,661
Median home value	$274,500	$631,300
Median gross rent	$1,649	$1,936
Housing units	4,078	3,030
Homeownership rate	52.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keansburg	West Long Branch
Population	9,735 → 9,729 (-0.1%)	7,908 → 8,576 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$52,321 → $87,484 (+67.2%)	$109,073 → $123,661 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$193,600 → $274,500 (+41.8%)	$448,800 → $631,300 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,325 → $1,649 (+24.5%)	$1,807 → $1,936 (+7.1%)

Keansburg

Population

9,7359,729

Median household income

$52,321$87,484

Median home value

$193,600$274,500

Median gross rent

$1,325$1,649

West Long Branch

Population

7,9088,576

Median household income

$109,073$123,661

Median home value

$448,800$631,300

Median gross rent

$1,807$1,936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keansburg	West Long Branch
Under 5	4.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	21.2%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.5%
75 and over	5.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keansburg	West Long Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	80.0%
Black or African American	10.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keansburg	West Long Branch
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keansburg	West Long Branch
Drove alone	67.4%	66.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	3.7%
Public transit	6.5%	3.2%
Walked	1.8%	5.4%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	20.7%
Other means	5.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keansburg	West Long Branch
1-unit, detached	54.5%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	9.3%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Keansburg	West Long Branch
Poverty rate	11.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1961	1964