Ocean Grove vs West Belmar

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

Ocean Grove and West Belmar 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 2,682 in West Belmar). West Belmar has the higher median household income ($113,083 vs $74,410 in Ocean Grove). Ocean Grove has the higher median home value ($764,200 vs $490,000 in West Belmar).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Grove	West Belmar
Population	2,916	2,682
Median age	62.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,410	$113,083
Median home value	$764,200	$490,000
Median gross rent	$1,212	$1,661
Housing units	2,831	1,251
Homeownership rate	61.7%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.3%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Grove	West Belmar
Population	3,047 → 2,916 (-4.3%)	2,325 → 2,682 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$63,093 → $74,410 (+17.9%)	$106,089 → $113,083 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$498,700 → $764,200 (+53.2%)	$349,400 → $490,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,281 → $1,212 (-5.4%)	$1,750 → $1,661 (-5.1%)

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

West Belmar

Population

2,3252,682

Median household income

$106,089$113,083

Median home value

$349,400$490,000

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Grove	West Belmar
Under 5	1.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	1.5%	11.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.5%
55 to 64	30.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	24.6%	24.8%
75 and over	9.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Grove	West Belmar
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Grove	West Belmar
No high school diploma	7.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	10.6%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.6%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Grove	West Belmar
Drove alone	52.2%	74.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	2.8%
Public transit	13.8%	1.3%
Walked	5.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	23.9%	20.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Grove	West Belmar
1-unit, detached	56.1%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.2%	1.2%
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	West Belmar
Poverty rate	6.6%	1.0%
Average household size	1.66	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1938	1944