Beach Haven West vs Forked River

A side-by-side comparison of Beach Haven West and Forked River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beach Haven West has the higher population (5,164 vs 4,988 in Forked River). Beach Haven West has the higher median household income ($116,949 vs $87,455 in Forked River). Beach Haven West has the higher median home value ($577,500 vs $404,600 in Forked River).

Population, income & housing

	Beach Haven West	Forked River
Population	5,164	4,988
Median age	59.1 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$116,949	$87,455
Median home value	$577,500	$404,600
Median gross rent	—	$2,071
Housing units	4,633	2,749
Homeownership rate	96.7%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beach Haven West	Forked River
Population	3,682 → 5,164 (+40.2%)	4,761 → 4,988 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$87,586 → $116,949 (+33.5%)	$76,806 → $87,455 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$403,700 → $577,500 (+43.1%)	$287,900 → $404,600 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,429 → $1,691 (+18.3%)	$1,448 → $2,071 (+43.0%)

Beach Haven West

Population

3,6825,164

Median household income

$87,586$116,949

Median home value

$403,700$577,500

Median gross rent

$1,429$1,691

Forked River

Population

4,7614,988

Median household income

$76,806$87,455

Median home value

$287,900$404,600

Median gross rent

$1,448$2,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beach Haven West	Forked River
Under 5	0.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	7.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	5.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	18.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	19.9%	14.8%
75 and over	16.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beach Haven West	Forked River
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beach Haven West	Forked River
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beach Haven West	Forked River
Drove alone	73.5%	80.7%
Carpooled	14.4%	4.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	11.3%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beach Haven West	Forked River
1-unit, detached	96.3%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beach Haven West	Forked River
Poverty rate	3.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1984	1980