Neptune City vs Wanamassa

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

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

Neptune City has the higher population (4,607 vs 4,344 in Wanamassa). Wanamassa has the higher median household income ($167,712 vs $82,872 in Neptune City). Wanamassa has the higher median home value ($526,400 vs $383,600 in Neptune City).

Population, income & housing

	Neptune City	Wanamassa
Population	4,607	4,344
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,872	$167,712
Median home value	$383,600	$526,400
Median gross rent	$1,525	$1,836
Housing units	2,281	1,708
Homeownership rate	64.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neptune City	Wanamassa
Population	4,672 → 4,607 (-1.4%)	4,630 → 4,344 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$62,076 → $82,872 (+33.5%)	$122,344 → $167,712 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$289,300 → $383,600 (+32.6%)	$372,100 → $526,400 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,198 → $1,525 (+27.3%)	$1,414 → $1,836 (+29.8%)

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

Wanamassa

Population

4,6304,344

Median household income

$122,344$167,712

Median home value

$372,100$526,400

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neptune City	Wanamassa
Under 5	7.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	18.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.8%
75 and over	4.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neptune City	Wanamassa
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	18.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neptune City	Wanamassa
No high school diploma	6.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	29.9%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neptune City	Wanamassa
Drove alone	80.5%	68.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.6%
Public transit	0.7%	1.4%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	26.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neptune City	Wanamassa
1-unit, detached	60.4%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	5.9%
20 or more units	22.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Neptune City	Wanamassa
Poverty rate	18.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1957	1955