Ocean Grove vs Spring Lake

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

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

Ocean Grove has the higher population (2,916 vs 2,782 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median household income ($146,976 vs $74,410 in Ocean Grove). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $764,200 in Ocean Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Grove	Spring Lake
Population	2,916	2,782
Median age	62.1 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,410	$146,976
Median home value	$764,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,212	$2,194
Housing units	2,831	1,991
Homeownership rate	61.7%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.3%	81.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Grove	Spring Lake
Population	3,047 → 2,916 (-4.3%)	2,927 → 2,782 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$63,093 → $74,410 (+17.9%)	$86,200 → $146,976 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$498,700 → $764,200 (+53.2%)	$1,818,500 → $2,000,001 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,281 → $1,212 (-5.4%)	$2,068 → $2,194 (+6.1%)

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

Spring Lake

Population

2,9272,782

Median household income

$86,200$146,976

Median home value

$1,818,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,068$2,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Grove	Spring Lake
Under 5	1.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	1.5%	8.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	5.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	30.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	24.6%	24.5%
75 and over	9.7%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Grove	Spring Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Grove	Spring Lake
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	10.6%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.6%	43.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Grove	Spring Lake
Drove alone	52.2%	63.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	13.8%	5.4%
Walked	5.6%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	26.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Grove	Spring Lake
1-unit, detached	56.1%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	24.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Grove	Spring Lake
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.1%
Average household size	1.66	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1938	1958