Oakhurst vs Wanamassa

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

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

Wanamassa has the higher population (4,344 vs 3,811 in Oakhurst). Wanamassa has the higher median household income ($167,712 vs $142,727 in Oakhurst). Oakhurst has the higher median home value ($644,400 vs $526,400 in Wanamassa).

Population, income & housing

	Oakhurst	Wanamassa
Population	3,811	4,344
Median age	36.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$142,727	$167,712
Median home value	$644,400	$526,400
Median gross rent	$3,279	$1,836
Housing units	1,458	1,708
Homeownership rate	84.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakhurst	Wanamassa
Population	3,804 → 3,811 (+0.2%)	4,630 → 4,344 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$121,369 → $142,727 (+17.6%)	$122,344 → $167,712 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$398,900 → $644,400 (+61.5%)	$372,100 → $526,400 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,068 → $3,279 (+6.9%)	$1,414 → $1,836 (+29.8%)

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

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)

	Oakhurst	Wanamassa
Under 5	13.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	18.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.8%
75 and over	7.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakhurst	Wanamassa
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakhurst	Wanamassa
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	22.3%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakhurst	Wanamassa
Drove alone	69.0%	68.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.6%
Public transit	1.5%	1.4%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	26.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakhurst	Wanamassa
1-unit, detached	95.1%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakhurst	Wanamassa
Poverty rate	1.1%	6.5%
Average household size	3.14	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1965	1955