Beach Haven vs Harvey Cedars

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

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

Beach Haven has the higher population (1,096 vs 478 in Harvey Cedars). Harvey Cedars has the higher median household income ($148,333 vs $114,868 in Beach Haven). Beach Haven has the higher median home value ($1,217,600 vs $1,207,500 in Harvey Cedars).

Population, income & housing

	Beach Haven	Harvey Cedars
Population	1,096	478
Median age	59.4 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$114,868	$148,333
Median home value	$1,217,600	$1,207,500
Median gross rent	$1,859	$1,625
Housing units	2,671	1,224
Homeownership rate	88.2%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	70.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beach Haven	Harvey Cedars
Population	1,090 → 1,096 (+0.6%)	475 → 478 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$97,083 → $114,868 (+18.3%)	$96,944 → $148,333 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$760,100 → $1,217,600 (+60.2%)	$955,900 → $1,207,500 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,859 (+41.6%)	—

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

Harvey Cedars

Population

475478

Median household income

$96,944$148,333

Median home value

$955,900$1,207,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beach Haven	Harvey Cedars
Under 5	2.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	8.9%	5.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	5.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	27.2%	25.5%
65 to 74	22.8%	25.7%
75 and over	11.5%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beach Haven	Harvey Cedars
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beach Haven	Harvey Cedars
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	10.2%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beach Haven	Harvey Cedars
Drove alone	49.5%	69.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.2%
Public transit	3.2%	1.6%
Walked	11.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	3.2%
Worked from home	31.1%	22.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beach Haven	Harvey Cedars
1-unit, detached	70.9%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beach Haven	Harvey Cedars
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	39	27
Median year structure built	1978	1983