Cedar Glen Lakes vs Surf City

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

Cedar Glen Lakes 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.

Cedar Glen Lakes has the higher population (1,509 vs 1,225 in Surf City). Surf City has the higher median household income ($118,333 vs $33,958 in Cedar Glen Lakes). Surf City has the higher median home value ($967,900 vs $97,000 in Cedar Glen Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Surf City
Population	1,509	1,225
Median age	73.3 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,958	$118,333
Median home value	$97,000	$967,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,750
Housing units	1,181	2,555
Homeownership rate	95.8%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Surf City
Population	1,549 → 1,509 (-2.6%)	1,271 → 1,225 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$35,583 → $33,958 (-4.6%)	$90,313 → $118,333 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $97,000 (+30.2%)	$727,800 → $967,900 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$387 → $388 (+0.3%)	$1,358 → $1,750 (+28.9%)

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

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)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Surf City
Under 5	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.5%
18 to 24	2.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	5.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	0.9%	3.1%
45 to 54	6.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	27.4%
65 to 74	32.6%	27.4%
75 and over	41.2%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Surf City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Surf City
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.1%
High school graduate	52.3%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Surf City
Drove alone	91.6%	59.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	3.5%	34.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Surf City
1-unit, detached	30.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	34.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Glen Lakes	Surf City
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.0%
Average household size	1.58	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1973	1969