Ocean Grove vs Port Monmouth

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

Ocean Grove 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.

Port Monmouth has the higher population (3,285 vs 2,916 in Ocean Grove). Port Monmouth has the higher median household income ($106,677 vs $74,410 in Ocean Grove). Ocean Grove has the higher median home value ($764,200 vs $423,600 in Port Monmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Grove	Port Monmouth
Population	2,916	3,285
Median age	62.1 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,410	$106,677
Median home value	$764,200	$423,600
Median gross rent	$1,212	$1,169
Housing units	2,831	1,349
Homeownership rate	61.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.3%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Grove	Port Monmouth
Population	3,047 → 2,916 (-4.3%)	3,360 → 3,285 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$63,093 → $74,410 (+17.9%)	$86,875 → $106,677 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$498,700 → $764,200 (+53.2%)	$284,400 → $423,600 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,281 → $1,212 (-5.4%)	$958 → $1,169 (+22.0%)

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

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)

	Ocean Grove	Port Monmouth
Under 5	1.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	1.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	30.8%	20.6%
65 to 74	24.6%	12.7%
75 and over	9.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Grove	Port Monmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Grove	Port Monmouth
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.0%
High school graduate	10.6%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Grove	Port Monmouth
Drove alone	52.2%	68.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	13.8%	13.5%
Walked	5.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	15.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Grove	Port Monmouth
1-unit, detached	56.1%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	24.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	6.3%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Grove	Port Monmouth
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.8%
Average household size	1.66	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	1938	1984