Dover Beaches North vs Island Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Dover Beaches North and Island Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Dover Beaches North 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 1,599 in Dover Beaches North). Island Heights has the higher median household income ($107,308 vs $52,417 in Dover Beaches North). Dover Beaches North has the higher median home value ($738,000 vs $492,600 in Island Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Beaches North	Island Heights
Population	1,599	1,691
Median age	65.2 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,417	$107,308
Median home value	$738,000	$492,600
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,889
Housing units	4,264	894
Homeownership rate	84.8%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Beaches North	Island Heights
Population	1,756 → 1,599 (-8.9%)	1,497 → 1,691 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$75,882 → $52,417 (-30.9%)	$94,464 → $107,308 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$531,700 → $738,000 (+38.8%)	$389,600 → $492,600 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,177 (-24.9%)	$1,651 → $1,889 (+14.4%)

Dover Beaches North

Population

1,7561,599

Median household income

$75,882$52,417

Median home value

$531,700$738,000

Median gross rent

$1,568$1,177

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)

	Dover Beaches North	Island Heights
Under 5	1.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	2.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	3.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	4.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	25.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	20.8%	21.4%
75 and over	29.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Beaches North	Island Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Beaches North	Island Heights
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.3%
High school graduate	28.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Beaches North	Island Heights
Drove alone	67.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	1.1%	1.7%
Walked	6.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	14.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Beaches North	Island Heights
1-unit, detached	96.3%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover Beaches North	Island Heights
Poverty rate	4.2%	0.9%
Average household size	1.51	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1973	1954