Beachwood vs Point Pleasant

A side-by-side comparison of Beachwood and Point Pleasant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Point Pleasant has the higher population (19,158 vs 11,002 in Beachwood). Point Pleasant has the higher median household income ($108,713 vs $102,043 in Beachwood). Point Pleasant has the higher median home value ($523,400 vs $307,500 in Beachwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beachwood	Point Pleasant
Population	11,002	19,158
Median age	42.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$102,043	$108,713
Median home value	$307,500	$523,400
Median gross rent	$2,236	$1,969
Housing units	4,180	8,522
Homeownership rate	90.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beachwood	Point Pleasant
Population	11,226 → 11,002 (-2.0%)	18,598 → 19,158 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$79,777 → $102,043 (+27.9%)	$98,401 → $108,713 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$231,500 → $307,500 (+32.8%)	$386,200 → $523,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,236 (+36.3%)	$1,634 → $1,969 (+20.5%)

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

Point Pleasant

Population

18,59819,158

Median household income

$98,401$108,713

Median home value

$386,200$523,400

Median gross rent

$1,634$1,969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beachwood	Point Pleasant
Under 5	5.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.2%
75 and over	6.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beachwood	Point Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	86.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beachwood	Point Pleasant
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beachwood	Point Pleasant
Drove alone	90.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.9%
Public transit	1.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	12.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beachwood	Point Pleasant
1-unit, detached	98.3%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Beachwood	Point Pleasant
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1976	1968