Little Silver vs Oceanport

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

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

Oceanport has the higher population (6,130 vs 6,096 in Little Silver). Little Silver has the higher median household income ($220,746 vs $156,196 in Oceanport). Little Silver has the higher median home value ($870,700 vs $685,800 in Oceanport).

Population, income & housing

	Little Silver	Oceanport
Population	6,096	6,130
Median age	46.8 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$220,746	$156,196
Median home value	$870,700	$685,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,310
Housing units	2,352	2,666
Homeownership rate	95.7%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.8%	51.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Silver	Oceanport
Population	5,844 → 6,096 (+4.3%)	5,725 → 6,130 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$179,391 → $220,746 (+23.1%)	$91,250 → $156,196 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$642,500 → $870,700 (+35.5%)	$520,200 → $685,800 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,469 → $3,501 (+41.8%)	$2,639 → $1,310 (-50.4%)

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

Oceanport

Population

5,7256,130

Median household income

$91,250$156,196

Median home value

$520,200$685,800

Median gross rent

$2,639$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Silver	Oceanport
Under 5	7.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	4.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	19.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.0%
75 and over	10.2%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Silver	Oceanport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Silver	Oceanport
No high school diploma	0.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	8.9%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Silver	Oceanport
Drove alone	56.3%	68.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	12.4%
Public transit	11.2%	8.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Silver	Oceanport
1-unit, detached	85.5%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Little Silver	Oceanport
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1960	1976