North Middletown vs Ocean Grove

A side-by-side comparison of North Middletown and Ocean Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

North Middletown and Ocean Grove are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Middletown has the higher population (3,081 vs 2,916 in Ocean Grove). North Middletown has the higher median household income ($146,650 vs $74,410 in Ocean Grove). Ocean Grove has the higher median home value ($764,200 vs $311,500 in North Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	North Middletown	Ocean Grove
Population	3,081	2,916
Median age	36.6 yrs	62.1 yrs
Median household income	$146,650	$74,410
Median home value	$311,500	$764,200
Median gross rent	$2,095	$1,212
Housing units	1,201	2,831
Homeownership rate	80.2%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	66.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Middletown	Ocean Grove
Population	3,179 → 3,081 (-3.1%)	3,047 → 2,916 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$93,071 → $146,650 (+57.6%)	$63,093 → $74,410 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$235,800 → $311,500 (+32.1%)	$498,700 → $764,200 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,095 (+26.1%)	$1,281 → $1,212 (-5.4%)

North Middletown

Population

3,1793,081

Median household income

$93,071$146,650

Median home value

$235,800$311,500

Median gross rent

$1,662$2,095

Ocean Grove

Population

3,0472,916

Median household income

$63,093$74,410

Median home value

$498,700$764,200

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,212

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Middletown	Ocean Grove
Under 5	8.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	1.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	30.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	24.6%
75 and over	4.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Middletown	Ocean Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Middletown	Ocean Grove
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	34.1%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Middletown	Ocean Grove
Drove alone	89.6%	52.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.7%	13.8%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.7%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Middletown	Ocean Grove
1-unit, detached	85.6%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	24.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Middletown	Ocean Grove
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.90	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1954	1938