Ocean Grove vs Shark River Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Ocean Grove and Shark River Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Ocean Grove and Shark River Hills are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shark River Hills has the higher population (3,035 vs 2,916 in Ocean Grove). Shark River Hills has the higher median household income ($133,193 vs $74,410 in Ocean Grove). Ocean Grove has the higher median home value ($764,200 vs $482,800 in Shark River Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Grove	Shark River Hills
Population	2,916	3,035
Median age	62.1 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,410	$133,193
Median home value	$764,200	$482,800
Median gross rent	$1,212	—
Housing units	2,831	1,334
Homeownership rate	61.7%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.3%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Grove	Shark River Hills
Population	3,047 → 2,916 (-4.3%)	3,299 → 3,035 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$63,093 → $74,410 (+17.9%)	$104,500 → $133,193 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$498,700 → $764,200 (+53.2%)	$357,400 → $482,800 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,281 → $1,212 (-5.4%)	$1,368 → $1,714 (+25.3%)

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

Shark River Hills

Population

3,2993,035

Median household income

$104,500$133,193

Median home value

$357,400$482,800

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Grove	Shark River Hills
Under 5	1.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	1.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	30.8%	20.5%
65 to 74	24.6%	13.3%
75 and over	9.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Grove	Shark River Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Grove	Shark River Hills
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	10.6%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.6%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Grove	Shark River Hills
Drove alone	52.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.3%
Public transit	13.8%	2.3%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	13.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Grove	Shark River Hills
1-unit, detached	56.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Grove	Shark River Hills
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.3%
Average household size	1.66	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1938	1965