Bay Head vs Beach Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Head and Beach Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bay Head has the higher population (1,201 vs 1,096 in Beach Haven). Bay Head has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $114,868 in Beach Haven). Bay Head has the higher median home value ($1,679,000 vs $1,217,600 in Beach Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Head	Beach Haven
Population	1,201	1,096
Median age	57.9 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$145,417	$114,868
Median home value	$1,679,000	$1,217,600
Median gross rent	$1,554	$1,859
Housing units	1,049	2,671
Homeownership rate	87.9%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.3%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Head	Beach Haven
Population	1,048 → 1,201 (+14.6%)	1,090 → 1,096 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$103,571 → $145,417 (+40.4%)	$97,083 → $114,868 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$1,163,200 → $1,679,000 (+44.3%)	$760,100 → $1,217,600 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,807 → $1,554 (-14.0%)	$1,313 → $1,859 (+41.6%)

Bay Head

Population

1,0481,201

Median household income

$103,571$145,417

Median home value

$1,163,200$1,679,000

Median gross rent

$1,807$1,554

Beach Haven

Population

1,0901,096

Median household income

$97,083$114,868

Median home value

$760,100$1,217,600

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Head	Beach Haven
Under 5	2.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	8.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	22.5%	27.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	22.8%
75 and over	18.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Head	Beach Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Head	Beach Haven
No high school diploma	1.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	10.2%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	47.2%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Head	Beach Haven
Drove alone	63.0%	49.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.4%
Public transit	3.7%	3.2%
Walked	6.1%	11.1%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.8%	31.1%
Other means	3.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Head	Beach Haven
1-unit, detached	90.2%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bay Head	Beach Haven
Poverty rate	4.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1958	1978