Shark River Hills vs Spring Lake

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

Shark River Hills 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.

Shark River Hills has the higher population (3,035 vs 2,782 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median household income ($146,976 vs $133,193 in Shark River Hills). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $482,800 in Shark River Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Shark River Hills	Spring Lake
Population	3,035	2,782
Median age	50.6 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$133,193	$146,976
Median home value	$482,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$2,194
Housing units	1,334	1,991
Homeownership rate	99.1%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	81.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shark River Hills	Spring Lake
Population	3,299 → 3,035 (-8.0%)	2,927 → 2,782 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$104,500 → $133,193 (+27.5%)	$86,200 → $146,976 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$357,400 → $482,800 (+35.1%)	$1,818,500 → $2,000,001 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,714 (+25.3%)	$2,068 → $2,194 (+6.1%)

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

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)

	Shark River Hills	Spring Lake
Under 5	4.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.2%	8.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	20.5%	20.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	24.5%
75 and over	10.1%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shark River Hills	Spring Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shark River Hills	Spring Lake
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	43.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shark River Hills	Spring Lake
Drove alone	79.2%	63.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	2.3%	5.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	26.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shark River Hills	Spring Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shark River Hills	Spring Lake
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1965	1958