Little Silver vs Ramtown

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

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

Ramtown has the higher population (6,410 vs 6,096 in Little Silver). Little Silver has the higher median household income ($220,746 vs $138,967 in Ramtown). Little Silver has the higher median home value ($870,700 vs $452,500 in Ramtown).

Population, income & housing

	Little Silver	Ramtown
Population	6,096	6,410
Median age	46.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$220,746	$138,967
Median home value	$870,700	$452,500
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	2,352	2,310
Homeownership rate	95.7%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.8%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Silver	Ramtown
Population	5,844 → 6,096 (+4.3%)	6,393 → 6,410 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$179,391 → $220,746 (+23.1%)	$124,426 → $138,967 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$642,500 → $870,700 (+35.5%)	$341,000 → $452,500 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,469 → $3,501 (+41.8%)	$2,063 → $2,074 (+0.5%)

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

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)

	Little Silver	Ramtown
Under 5	7.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	16.9%
55 to 64	19.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.0%
75 and over	10.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Silver	Ramtown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	74.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Silver	Ramtown
No high school diploma	0.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	8.9%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Silver	Ramtown
Drove alone	56.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.7%
Public transit	11.2%	1.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Silver	Ramtown
1-unit, detached	85.5%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Little Silver	Ramtown
Poverty rate	2.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1960	1987