Long Branch vs Red Bank

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

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

Long Branch has the higher population (32,184 vs 12,864 in Red Bank). Red Bank has the higher median household income ($101,738 vs $73,381 in Long Branch). Long Branch has the higher median home value ($519,000 vs $477,000 in Red Bank).

Population, income & housing

	Long Branch	Red Bank
Population	32,184	12,864
Median age	35.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,381	$101,738
Median home value	$519,000	$477,000
Median gross rent	$1,744	$1,985
Housing units	15,135	6,184
Homeownership rate	41.3%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Branch	Red Bank
Population	30,516 → 32,184 (+5.5%)	12,072 → 12,864 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$59,892 → $73,381 (+22.5%)	$74,181 → $101,738 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$362,400 → $519,000 (+43.2%)	$404,400 → $477,000 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,744 (+33.0%)	$1,578 → $1,985 (+25.8%)

Long Branch

Population

30,51632,184

Median household income

$59,892$73,381

Median home value

$362,400$519,000

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,744

Red Bank

Population

12,07212,864

Median household income

$74,181$101,738

Median home value

$404,400$477,000

Median gross rent

$1,578$1,985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Branch	Red Bank
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	13.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.3%
75 and over	6.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Branch	Red Bank
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	58.3%
Black or African American	11.5%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Branch	Red Bank
No high school diploma	15.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Branch	Red Bank
Drove alone	56.0%	64.3%
Carpooled	23.5%	6.7%
Public transit	4.8%	4.8%
Walked	2.4%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	13.5%
Other means	4.2%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Branch	Red Bank
1-unit, detached	33.3%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	11.7%
20 or more units	28.0%	22.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Branch	Red Bank
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1969	1955