Cedar Glen West vs Island Heights

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

Cedar Glen West 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 1,654 in Cedar Glen West). Island Heights has the higher median household income ($107,308 vs $66,313 in Cedar Glen West). Island Heights has the higher median home value ($492,600 vs $67,400 in Cedar Glen West).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Glen West	Island Heights
Population	1,654	1,691
Median age	62.8 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,313	$107,308
Median home value	$67,400	$492,600
Median gross rent	$625	$1,889
Housing units	1,016	894
Homeownership rate	90.1%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Glen West	Island Heights
Population	1,300 → 1,654 (+27.2%)	1,497 → 1,691 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$29,815 → $66,313 (+122.4%)	$94,464 → $107,308 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$38,300 → $67,400 (+76.0%)	$389,600 → $492,600 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $625 (-21.5%)	$1,651 → $1,889 (+14.4%)

Cedar Glen West

Population

1,3001,654

Median household income

$29,815$66,313

Median home value

$38,300$67,400

Median gross rent

$796$625

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 West	Island Heights
Under 5	1.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	3.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	4.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	25.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	21.4%
75 and over	37.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Glen West	Island Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Glen West	Island Heights
No high school diploma	7.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	51.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Glen West	Island Heights
Drove alone	92.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Glen West	Island Heights
1-unit, detached	2.7%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	59.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Glen West	Island Heights
Poverty rate	5.9%	0.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1966	1954