Oakhurst vs Port Monmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Oakhurst and Port Monmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakhurst has the higher population (3,811 vs 3,285 in Port Monmouth). Oakhurst has the higher median household income ($142,727 vs $106,677 in Port Monmouth). Oakhurst has the higher median home value ($644,400 vs $423,600 in Port Monmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Oakhurst	Port Monmouth
Population	3,811	3,285
Median age	36.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$142,727	$106,677
Median home value	$644,400	$423,600
Median gross rent	$3,279	$1,169
Housing units	1,458	1,349
Homeownership rate	84.3%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakhurst	Port Monmouth
Population	3,804 → 3,811 (+0.2%)	3,360 → 3,285 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$121,369 → $142,727 (+17.6%)	$86,875 → $106,677 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$398,900 → $644,400 (+61.5%)	$284,400 → $423,600 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,068 → $3,279 (+6.9%)	$958 → $1,169 (+22.0%)

Oakhurst

Population

3,8043,811

Median household income

$121,369$142,727

Median home value

$398,900$644,400

Median gross rent

$3,068$3,279

Port Monmouth

Population

3,3603,285

Median household income

$86,875$106,677

Median home value

$284,400$423,600

Median gross rent

$958$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakhurst	Port Monmouth
Under 5	13.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	20.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakhurst	Port Monmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	82.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakhurst	Port Monmouth
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.3%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakhurst	Port Monmouth
Drove alone	69.0%	68.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.5%	13.5%
Walked	4.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakhurst	Port Monmouth
1-unit, detached	95.1%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakhurst	Port Monmouth
Poverty rate	1.1%	3.8%
Average household size	3.14	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	38
Median year structure built	1965	1984