Manasquan vs Union Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Manasquan and Union Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manasquan has the higher population (5,915 vs 5,722 in Union Beach). Manasquan has the higher median household income ($156,542 vs $128,400 in Union Beach). Manasquan has the higher median home value ($947,100 vs $452,900 in Union Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Manasquan	Union Beach
Population	5,915	5,722
Median age	47.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$156,542	$128,400
Median home value	$947,100	$452,900
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,957
Housing units	3,372	2,253
Homeownership rate	86.4%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.0%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manasquan	Union Beach
Population	5,829 → 5,915 (+1.5%)	5,390 → 5,722 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$124,185 → $156,542 (+26.1%)	$87,571 → $128,400 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$679,300 → $947,100 (+39.4%)	$268,500 → $452,900 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,655 (+37.2%)	$1,698 → $1,957 (+15.3%)

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

Union Beach

Population

5,3905,722

Median household income

$87,571$128,400

Median home value

$268,500$452,900

Median gross rent

$1,698$1,957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manasquan	Union Beach
Under 5	3.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	15.8%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	24.3%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	20.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.5%
75 and over	6.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manasquan	Union Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manasquan	Union Beach
No high school diploma	0.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	11.6%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	43.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manasquan	Union Beach
Drove alone	71.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.3%
Public transit	2.1%	6.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manasquan	Union Beach
1-unit, detached	85.4%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manasquan	Union Beach
Poverty rate	1.8%	1.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1960	1964