Beach Haven vs Surf City

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

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

Surf City has the higher population (1,225 vs 1,096 in Beach Haven). Surf City has the higher median household income ($118,333 vs $114,868 in Beach Haven). Beach Haven has the higher median home value ($1,217,600 vs $967,900 in Surf City).

Population, income & housing

	Beach Haven	Surf City
Population	1,096	1,225
Median age	59.4 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$114,868	$118,333
Median home value	$1,217,600	$967,900
Median gross rent	$1,859	$1,750
Housing units	2,671	2,555
Homeownership rate	88.2%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beach Haven	Surf City
Population	1,090 → 1,096 (+0.6%)	1,271 → 1,225 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$97,083 → $114,868 (+18.3%)	$90,313 → $118,333 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$760,100 → $1,217,600 (+60.2%)	$727,800 → $967,900 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,859 (+41.6%)	$1,358 → $1,750 (+28.9%)

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

Surf City

Population

1,2711,225

Median household income

$90,313$118,333

Median home value

$727,800$967,900

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beach Haven	Surf City
Under 5	2.4%	0.7%
5 to 17	8.9%	5.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	6.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	3.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	27.2%	27.4%
65 to 74	22.8%	27.4%
75 and over	11.5%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beach Haven	Surf City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beach Haven	Surf City
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	10.2%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beach Haven	Surf City
Drove alone	49.5%	59.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	1.1%
Public transit	3.2%	1.1%
Walked	11.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.9%
Worked from home	31.1%	34.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beach Haven	Surf City
1-unit, detached	70.9%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beach Haven	Surf City
Poverty rate	5.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.14	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	39	38
Median year structure built	1978	1969