Barnegat Light vs Ship Bottom

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

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

Ship Bottom has the higher population (1,009 vs 473 in Barnegat Light). Ship Bottom has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $104,583 in Barnegat Light). Barnegat Light has the higher median home value ($1,105,600 vs $910,000 in Ship Bottom).

Population, income & housing

	Barnegat Light	Ship Bottom
Population	473	1,009
Median age	60.9 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$111,250
Median home value	$1,105,600	$910,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,422
Housing units	1,273	2,114
Homeownership rate	92.2%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnegat Light	Ship Bottom
Population	369 → 473 (+28.2%)	1,049 → 1,009 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $104,583 (+41.8%)	$84,205 → $111,250 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$700,600 → $1,105,600 (+57.8%)	$659,300 → $910,000 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,131 → $1,422 (+25.7%)

Barnegat Light

Population

369473

Median household income

$73,750$104,583

Median home value

$700,600$1,105,600

Ship Bottom

Population

1,0491,009

Median household income

$84,205$111,250

Median home value

$659,300$910,000

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,422

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnegat Light	Ship Bottom
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	5.9%
18 to 24	2.1%	3.5%
25 to 34	2.3%	4.9%
35 to 44	1.7%	6.3%
45 to 54	4.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	30.2%	24.4%
65 to 74	24.3%	23.0%
75 and over	18.2%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnegat Light	Ship Bottom
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnegat Light	Ship Bottom
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	8.6%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnegat Light	Ship Bottom
Drove alone	46.8%	69.0%
Carpooled	20.7%	5.7%
Public transit	9.0%	5.0%
Walked	6.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnegat Light	Ship Bottom
1-unit, detached	93.2%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnegat Light	Ship Bottom
Poverty rate	3.7%	3.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	47	31
Median year structure built	1978	1969