Keyport vs Ramtown

A side-by-side comparison of Keyport and Ramtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Keyport has the higher population (7,159 vs 6,410 in Ramtown). Ramtown has the higher median household income ($138,967 vs $79,036 in Keyport). Ramtown has the higher median home value ($452,500 vs $374,800 in Keyport).

Population, income & housing

	Keyport	Ramtown
Population	7,159	6,410
Median age	43.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,036	$138,967
Median home value	$374,800	$452,500
Median gross rent	$1,379	—
Housing units	3,552	2,310
Homeownership rate	55.4%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keyport	Ramtown
Population	7,034 → 7,159 (+1.8%)	6,393 → 6,410 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$60,949 → $79,036 (+29.7%)	$124,426 → $138,967 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$264,200 → $374,800 (+41.9%)	$341,000 → $452,500 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,379 (+18.9%)	$2,063 → $2,074 (+0.5%)

Keyport

Population

7,0347,159

Median household income

$60,949$79,036

Median home value

$264,200$374,800

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,379

Ramtown

Population

6,3936,410

Median household income

$124,426$138,967

Median home value

$341,000$452,500

Median gross rent

$2,063$2,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keyport	Ramtown
Under 5	7.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	16.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.0%
75 and over	6.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keyport	Ramtown
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	74.8%
Black or African American	4.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keyport	Ramtown
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keyport	Ramtown
Drove alone	72.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.7%
Public transit	5.1%	1.2%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	13.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keyport	Ramtown
1-unit, detached	46.8%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	26.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Keyport	Ramtown
Poverty rate	9.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1961	1987