Port Monmouth vs Shark River Hills

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

Port Monmouth 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.

Port Monmouth has the higher population (3,285 vs 3,035 in Shark River Hills). Shark River Hills has the higher median household income ($133,193 vs $106,677 in Port Monmouth). Shark River Hills has the higher median home value ($482,800 vs $423,600 in Port Monmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Port Monmouth	Shark River Hills
Population	3,285	3,035
Median age	47.9 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$106,677	$133,193
Median home value	$423,600	$482,800
Median gross rent	$1,169	—
Housing units	1,349	1,334
Homeownership rate	77.2%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Monmouth	Shark River Hills
Population	3,360 → 3,285 (-2.2%)	3,299 → 3,035 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$86,875 → $106,677 (+22.8%)	$104,500 → $133,193 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$284,400 → $423,600 (+48.9%)	$357,400 → $482,800 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,169 (+22.0%)	$1,368 → $1,714 (+25.3%)

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

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)

	Port Monmouth	Shark River Hills
Under 5	2.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.2%
18 to 24	11.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	20.6%	20.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.3%
75 and over	4.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Monmouth	Shark River Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Monmouth	Shark River Hills
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	39.0%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Monmouth	Shark River Hills
Drove alone	68.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	13.5%	2.3%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	13.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Monmouth	Shark River Hills
1-unit, detached	82.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Monmouth	Shark River Hills
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1984	1965