Morganville vs Union Beach

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

Morganville 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.

Union Beach has the higher population (5,722 vs 5,544 in Morganville). Morganville has the higher median household income ($134,911 vs $128,400 in Union Beach). Morganville has the higher median home value ($575,900 vs $452,900 in Union Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Morganville	Union Beach
Population	5,544	5,722
Median age	46.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$134,911	$128,400
Median home value	$575,900	$452,900
Median gross rent	$2,677	$1,957
Housing units	2,206	2,253
Homeownership rate	87.7%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morganville	Union Beach
Population	5,088 → 5,544 (+9.0%)	5,390 → 5,722 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$114,508 → $134,911 (+17.8%)	$87,571 → $128,400 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$553,800 → $575,900 (+4.0%)	$268,500 → $452,900 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,292 → $2,677 (+16.8%)	$1,698 → $1,957 (+15.3%)

Morganville

Population

5,0885,544

Median household income

$114,508$134,911

Median home value

$553,800$575,900

Median gross rent

$2,292$2,677

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)

	Morganville	Union Beach
Under 5	2.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	20.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	8.5%
75 and over	6.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morganville	Union Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morganville	Union Beach
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	12.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morganville	Union Beach
Drove alone	59.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.3%
Public transit	8.7%	6.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	4.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morganville	Union Beach
1-unit, detached	79.7%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morganville	Union Beach
Poverty rate	4.2%	1.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1992	1964