West Long Branch vs Yorketown

A side-by-side comparison of West Long Branch and Yorketown: population, income, housing, and more.

West Long Branch and Yorketown are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Long Branch has the higher population (8,576 vs 7,265 in Yorketown). Yorketown has the higher median household income ($163,375 vs $123,661 in West Long Branch). West Long Branch has the higher median home value ($631,300 vs $575,700 in Yorketown).

Population, income & housing

	West Long Branch	Yorketown
Population	8,576	7,265
Median age	30.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$123,661	$163,375
Median home value	$631,300	$575,700
Median gross rent	$1,936	$2,607
Housing units	3,030	2,234
Homeownership rate	71.5%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Long Branch	Yorketown
Population	7,908 → 8,576 (+8.4%)	6,459 → 7,265 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$109,073 → $123,661 (+13.4%)	$121,406 → $163,375 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$448,800 → $631,300 (+40.7%)	$446,300 → $575,700 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,807 → $1,936 (+7.1%)	$1,750 → $2,607 (+49.0%)

West Long Branch

Population

7,9088,576

Median household income

$109,073$123,661

Median home value

$448,800$631,300

Median gross rent

$1,807$1,936

Yorketown

Population

6,4597,265

Median household income

$121,406$163,375

Median home value

$446,300$575,700

Median gross rent

$1,750$2,607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	West Long Branch	Yorketown
Under 5	7.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	21.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.5%
75 and over	6.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Long Branch	Yorketown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	5.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	West Long Branch	Yorketown
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	21.6%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Long Branch	Yorketown
Drove alone	66.6%	62.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	9.6%
Public transit	3.2%	6.8%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	18.4%
Other means	0.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Long Branch	Yorketown
1-unit, detached	73.4%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	West Long Branch	Yorketown
Poverty rate	2.8%	4.3%
Average household size	2.60	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	29	44
Median year structure built	1964	1970