Barnegat vs Tuckerton

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

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

Tuckerton has the higher population (3,616 vs 3,367 in Barnegat). Barnegat has the higher median household income ($105,091 vs $78,934 in Tuckerton). Barnegat has the higher median home value ($398,900 vs $297,200 in Tuckerton).

Population, income & housing

	Barnegat	Tuckerton
Population	3,367	3,616
Median age	43.1 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,091	$78,934
Median home value	$398,900	$297,200
Median gross rent	$1,870	$1,741
Housing units	1,344	1,870
Homeownership rate	83.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnegat	Tuckerton
Population	2,988 → 3,367 (+12.7%)	3,367 → 3,616 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$75,993 → $105,091 (+38.3%)	$60,050 → $78,934 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$256,900 → $398,900 (+55.3%)	$224,300 → $297,200 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,675 → $1,870 (+11.6%)	$1,314 → $1,741 (+32.5%)

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

Tuckerton

Population

3,3673,616

Median household income

$60,050$78,934

Median home value

$224,300$297,200

Median gross rent

$1,314$1,741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnegat	Tuckerton
Under 5	4.4%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	18.3%
75 and over	4.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnegat	Tuckerton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnegat	Tuckerton
No high school diploma	9.9%	5.8%
High school graduate	24.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnegat	Tuckerton
Drove alone	92.4%	75.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnegat	Tuckerton
1-unit, detached	82.9%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Barnegat	Tuckerton
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.81	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1994	1976