Little Silver vs Manasquan

A side-by-side comparison of Little Silver and Manasquan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Little Silver has the higher population (6,096 vs 5,915 in Manasquan). Little Silver has the higher median household income ($220,746 vs $156,542 in Manasquan). Manasquan has the higher median home value ($947,100 vs $870,700 in Little Silver).

Population, income & housing

	Little Silver	Manasquan
Population	6,096	5,915
Median age	46.8 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$220,746	$156,542
Median home value	$870,700	$947,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,655
Housing units	2,352	3,372
Homeownership rate	95.7%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.8%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Silver	Manasquan
Population	5,844 → 6,096 (+4.3%)	5,829 → 5,915 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$179,391 → $220,746 (+23.1%)	$124,185 → $156,542 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$642,500 → $870,700 (+35.5%)	$679,300 → $947,100 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,469 → $3,501 (+41.8%)	$1,206 → $1,655 (+37.2%)

Little Silver

Population

5,8446,096

Median household income

$179,391$220,746

Median home value

$642,500$870,700

Median gross rent

$2,469$3,501

Manasquan

Population

5,8295,915

Median household income

$124,185$156,542

Median home value

$679,300$947,100

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Silver	Manasquan
Under 5	7.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	24.3%
55 to 64	19.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.8%
75 and over	10.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Silver	Manasquan
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Silver	Manasquan
No high school diploma	0.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	8.9%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	29.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Silver	Manasquan
Drove alone	56.3%	71.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.6%
Public transit	11.2%	2.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	26.7%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Silver	Manasquan
1-unit, detached	85.5%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Little Silver	Manasquan
Poverty rate	2.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1960	1960