Barnegat vs Leisure Knoll

A side-by-side comparison of Barnegat and Leisure Knoll: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnegat has the higher population (3,367 vs 2,725 in Leisure Knoll). Barnegat has the higher median household income ($105,091 vs $61,875 in Leisure Knoll). Barnegat has the higher median home value ($398,900 vs $265,600 in Leisure Knoll).

Population, income & housing

	Barnegat	Leisure Knoll
Population	3,367	2,725
Median age	43.1 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,091	$61,875
Median home value	$398,900	$265,600
Median gross rent	$1,870	$1,765
Housing units	1,344	1,631
Homeownership rate	83.7%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnegat	Leisure Knoll
Population	2,988 → 3,367 (+12.7%)	2,537 → 2,725 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$75,993 → $105,091 (+38.3%)	$42,340 → $61,875 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$256,900 → $398,900 (+55.3%)	$177,300 → $265,600 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,675 → $1,870 (+11.6%)	$1,591 → $1,765 (+10.9%)

Barnegat

Population

2,9883,367

Median household income

$75,993$105,091

Median home value

$256,900$398,900

Median gross rent

$1,675$1,870

Leisure Knoll

Population

2,5372,725

Median household income

$42,340$61,875

Median home value

$177,300$265,600

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnegat	Leisure Knoll
Under 5	4.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	0.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	2.4%
45 to 54	16.6%	3.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	24.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	33.2%
75 and over	4.6%	33.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnegat	Leisure Knoll
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnegat	Leisure Knoll
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	24.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnegat	Leisure Knoll
Drove alone	92.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnegat	Leisure Knoll
1-unit, detached	82.9%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnegat	Leisure Knoll
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.81	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1994	1982