Neptune City vs Spring Lake Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Neptune City and Spring Lake Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Neptune City and Spring Lake Heights are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spring Lake Heights has the higher population (4,866 vs 4,607 in Neptune City). Spring Lake Heights has the higher median household income ($102,829 vs $82,872 in Neptune City). Spring Lake Heights has the higher median home value ($648,500 vs $383,600 in Neptune City).

Population, income & housing

	Neptune City	Spring Lake Heights
Population	4,607	4,866
Median age	40.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,872	$102,829
Median home value	$383,600	$648,500
Median gross rent	$1,525	$1,817
Housing units	2,281	2,743
Homeownership rate	64.0%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neptune City	Spring Lake Heights
Population	4,672 → 4,607 (-1.4%)	4,564 → 4,866 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$62,076 → $82,872 (+33.5%)	$87,500 → $102,829 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$289,300 → $383,600 (+32.6%)	$492,300 → $648,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,198 → $1,525 (+27.3%)	$1,591 → $1,817 (+14.2%)

Neptune City

Population

4,6724,607

Median household income

$62,076$82,872

Median home value

$289,300$383,600

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,525

Spring Lake Heights

Population

4,5644,866

Median household income

$87,500$102,829

Median home value

$492,300$648,500

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neptune City	Spring Lake Heights
Under 5	7.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.7%	10.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.3%
75 and over	4.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neptune City	Spring Lake Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	18.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neptune City	Spring Lake Heights
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neptune City	Spring Lake Heights
Drove alone	80.5%	68.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	2.8%
Public transit	0.7%	5.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.5%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neptune City	Spring Lake Heights
1-unit, detached	60.4%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	22.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Neptune City	Spring Lake Heights
Poverty rate	18.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1957	1973