Barnegat Light vs Harvey Cedars

A side-by-side comparison of Barnegat Light and Harvey Cedars: population, income, housing, and more.

Barnegat Light and Harvey Cedars are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harvey Cedars has the higher population (478 vs 473 in Barnegat Light). Harvey Cedars has the higher median household income ($148,333 vs $104,583 in Barnegat Light). Harvey Cedars has the higher median home value ($1,207,500 vs $1,105,600 in Barnegat Light).

Population, income & housing

	Barnegat Light	Harvey Cedars
Population	473	478
Median age	60.9 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$148,333
Median home value	$1,105,600	$1,207,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,625
Housing units	1,273	1,224
Homeownership rate	92.2%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	70.9%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnegat Light	Harvey Cedars
Population	369 → 473 (+28.2%)	475 → 478 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $104,583 (+41.8%)	$96,944 → $148,333 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$700,600 → $1,105,600 (+57.8%)	$955,900 → $1,207,500 (+26.3%)

Barnegat Light

Population

369473

Median household income

$73,750$104,583

Median home value

$700,600$1,105,600

Harvey Cedars

Population

475478

Median household income

$96,944$148,333

Median home value

$955,900$1,207,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnegat Light	Harvey Cedars
Under 5	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	5.9%
18 to 24	2.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	2.3%	4.4%
35 to 44	1.7%	5.4%
45 to 54	4.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	30.2%	25.5%
65 to 74	24.3%	25.7%
75 and over	18.2%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnegat Light	Harvey Cedars
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnegat Light	Harvey Cedars
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	8.6%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnegat Light	Harvey Cedars
Drove alone	46.8%	69.5%
Carpooled	20.7%	3.2%
Public transit	9.0%	1.6%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	17.1%	22.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnegat Light	Harvey Cedars
1-unit, detached	93.2%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnegat Light	Harvey Cedars
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	47	27
Median year structure built	1978	1983