Crestwood Village vs Forked River

A side-by-side comparison of Crestwood Village and Forked River: population, income, housing, and more.

Crestwood Village and Forked River are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crestwood Village has the higher population (7,951 vs 4,988 in Forked River). Forked River has the higher median household income ($87,455 vs $38,396 in Crestwood Village). Forked River has the higher median home value ($404,600 vs $95,700 in Crestwood Village).

Population, income & housing

	Crestwood Village	Forked River
Population	7,951	4,988
Median age	71.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,396	$87,455
Median home value	$95,700	$404,600
Median gross rent	$1,236	$2,071
Housing units	6,712	2,749
Homeownership rate	89.8%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestwood Village	Forked River
Population	8,155 → 7,951 (-2.5%)	4,761 → 4,988 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$29,671 → $38,396 (+29.4%)	$76,806 → $87,455 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $95,700 (+30.6%)	$287,900 → $404,600 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,236 (+20.8%)	$1,448 → $2,071 (+43.0%)

Crestwood Village

Population

8,1557,951

Median household income

$29,671$38,396

Median home value

$73,300$95,700

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,236

Forked River

Population

4,7614,988

Median household income

$76,806$87,455

Median home value

$287,900$404,600

Median gross rent

$1,448$2,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestwood Village	Forked River
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	0.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	1.9%	5.3%
35 to 44	2.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	1.5%	18.0%
55 to 64	20.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	34.9%	14.8%
75 and over	38.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestwood Village	Forked River
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	83.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestwood Village	Forked River
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	45.6%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestwood Village	Forked River
Drove alone	85.8%	80.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestwood Village	Forked River
1-unit, detached	23.8%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	37.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	35.3%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crestwood Village	Forked River
Poverty rate	11.9%	9.7%
Average household size	1.38	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1976	1980