Barnegat Light vs Mantoloking

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

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

Barnegat Light has the higher population (473 vs 468 in Mantoloking). Mantoloking has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $104,583 in Barnegat Light). Mantoloking has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,105,600 in Barnegat Light).

Population, income & housing

	Barnegat Light	Mantoloking
Population	473	468
Median age	60.9 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$250,001
Median home value	$1,105,600	$2,000,001
Housing units	1,273	424
Homeownership rate	92.2%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	86.4%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnegat Light	Mantoloking
Population	369 → 473 (+28.2%)	396 → 468 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $104,583 (+41.8%)	$118,542 → $250,001 (+110.9%)
Median home value	$700,600 → $1,105,600 (+57.8%)	$1,746,400 → $2,000,001 (+14.5%)

Barnegat Light

Population

369473

Median household income

$73,750$104,583

Median home value

$700,600$1,105,600

Mantoloking

Population

396468

Median household income

$118,542$250,001

Median home value

$1,746,400$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnegat Light	Mantoloking
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	2.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	2.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	1.7%	2.1%
45 to 54	4.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	30.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	24.3%	15.0%
75 and over	18.2%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnegat Light	Mantoloking
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnegat Light	Mantoloking
No high school diploma	0.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	8.6%	4.0%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	9.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	43.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	42.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnegat Light	Mantoloking
Drove alone	46.8%	38.5%
Carpooled	20.7%	6.0%
Public transit	9.0%	10.5%
Walked	6.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	44.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnegat Light	Mantoloking
1-unit, detached	93.2%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnegat Light	Mantoloking
Poverty rate	3.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	47	44
Median year structure built	1978	1973