Beachwood vs Mystic Island

A side-by-side comparison of Beachwood and Mystic Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beachwood has the higher population (11,002 vs 7,616 in Mystic Island). Beachwood has the higher median household income ($102,043 vs $71,917 in Mystic Island). Beachwood has the higher median home value ($307,500 vs $290,000 in Mystic Island).

Population, income & housing

	Beachwood	Mystic Island
Population	11,002	7,616
Median age	42.1 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,043	$71,917
Median home value	$307,500	$290,000
Median gross rent	$2,236	$1,786
Housing units	4,180	4,995
Homeownership rate	90.1%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beachwood	Mystic Island
Population	11,226 → 11,002 (-2.0%)	8,484 → 7,616 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$79,777 → $102,043 (+27.9%)	$57,197 → $71,917 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$231,500 → $307,500 (+32.8%)	$212,500 → $290,000 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,236 (+36.3%)	$1,452 → $1,786 (+23.0%)

Beachwood

Population

11,22611,002

Median household income

$79,777$102,043

Median home value

$231,500$307,500

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,236

Mystic Island

Population

8,4847,616

Median household income

$57,197$71,917

Median home value

$212,500$290,000

Median gross rent

$1,452$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beachwood	Mystic Island
Under 5	5.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	23.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	15.6%
75 and over	6.4%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beachwood	Mystic Island
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	85.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beachwood	Mystic Island
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	32.8%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beachwood	Mystic Island
Drove alone	90.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.2%
Public transit	1.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beachwood	Mystic Island
1-unit, detached	98.3%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Beachwood	Mystic Island
Poverty rate	5.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1976	1981