North Middletown vs Spring Lake

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

North Middletown and Spring Lake 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 2,782 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median household income ($146,976 vs $146,650 in North Middletown). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $311,500 in North Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	North Middletown	Spring Lake
Population	3,081	2,782
Median age	36.6 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$146,650	$146,976
Median home value	$311,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,095	$2,194
Housing units	1,201	1,991
Homeownership rate	80.2%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	81.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Middletown	Spring Lake
Population	3,179 → 3,081 (-3.1%)	2,927 → 2,782 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$93,071 → $146,650 (+57.6%)	$86,200 → $146,976 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$235,800 → $311,500 (+32.1%)	$1,818,500 → $2,000,001 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,095 (+26.1%)	$2,068 → $2,194 (+6.1%)

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

Spring Lake

Population

2,9272,782

Median household income

$86,200$146,976

Median home value

$1,818,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,068$2,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Middletown	Spring Lake
Under 5	8.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	8.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	4.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	5.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	20.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	24.5%
75 and over	4.6%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Middletown	Spring Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Middletown	Spring Lake
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	34.1%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	43.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Middletown	Spring Lake
Drove alone	89.6%	63.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	5.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Middletown	Spring Lake
1-unit, detached	85.6%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Middletown	Spring Lake
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1954	1958