Cedar Glen Lakes vs Island Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Glen Lakes and Island Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Island Heights has the higher population (1,691 vs 1,509 in Cedar Glen Lakes). Island Heights has the higher median household income ($107,308 vs $33,958 in Cedar Glen Lakes). Island Heights has the higher median home value ($492,600 vs $97,000 in Cedar Glen Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Island Heights
Population	1,509	1,691
Median age	73.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,958	$107,308
Median home value	$97,000	$492,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,889
Housing units	1,181	894
Homeownership rate	95.8%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Island Heights
Population	1,549 → 1,509 (-2.6%)	1,497 → 1,691 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$35,583 → $33,958 (-4.6%)	$94,464 → $107,308 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $97,000 (+30.2%)	$389,600 → $492,600 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$387 → $388 (+0.3%)	$1,651 → $1,889 (+14.4%)

Cedar Glen Lakes

Population

1,5491,509

Median household income

$35,583$33,958

Median home value

$74,500$97,000

Median gross rent

$387$388

Island Heights

Population

1,4971,691

Median household income

$94,464$107,308

Median home value

$389,600$492,600

Median gross rent

$1,651$1,889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Island Heights
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	4.1%
35 to 44	0.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	32.6%	21.4%
75 and over	41.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Island Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Island Heights
No high school diploma	4.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	52.3%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Island Heights
Drove alone	91.6%	78.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Island Heights
1-unit, detached	30.4%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	34.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Island Heights
Poverty rate	7.6%	0.9%
Average household size	1.58	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1973	1954