Oakhurst vs Shrewsbury

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

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

Shrewsbury has the higher population (4,162 vs 3,811 in Oakhurst). Shrewsbury has the higher median household income ($144,500 vs $142,727 in Oakhurst). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($735,900 vs $644,400 in Oakhurst).

Population, income & housing

	Oakhurst	Shrewsbury
Population	3,811	4,162
Median age	36.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$142,727	$144,500
Median home value	$644,400	$735,900
Median gross rent	$3,279	$3,300
Housing units	1,458	1,526
Homeownership rate	84.3%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	65.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakhurst	Shrewsbury
Population	3,804 → 3,811 (+0.2%)	4,086 → 4,162 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$121,369 → $142,727 (+17.6%)	$124,474 → $144,500 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$398,900 → $644,400 (+61.5%)	$589,400 → $735,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,068 → $3,279 (+6.9%)	$2,735 → $3,300 (+20.7%)

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

Shrewsbury

Population

4,0864,162

Median household income

$124,474$144,500

Median home value

$589,400$735,900

Median gross rent

$2,735$3,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakhurst	Shrewsbury
Under 5	13.3%	10.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.4%
75 and over	7.8%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakhurst	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	85.3%
Black or African American	6.3%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.2%
Two or more races	12.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakhurst	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	22.3%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakhurst	Shrewsbury
Drove alone	69.0%	68.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.5%
Public transit	1.5%	7.6%
Walked	4.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakhurst	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	95.1%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakhurst	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	1.1%	3.6%
Average household size	3.14	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1965	1960