Dover Beaches North vs Ocean Gate

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

Dover Beaches North and Ocean Gate are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ocean Gate has the higher population (1,768 vs 1,599 in Dover Beaches North). Ocean Gate has the higher median household income ($75,278 vs $52,417 in Dover Beaches North). Dover Beaches North has the higher median home value ($738,000 vs $342,100 in Ocean Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Beaches North	Ocean Gate
Population	1,599	1,768
Median age	65.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,417	$75,278
Median home value	$738,000	$342,100
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,724
Housing units	4,264	1,231
Homeownership rate	84.8%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Beaches North	Ocean Gate
Population	1,756 → 1,599 (-8.9%)	1,601 → 1,768 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$75,882 → $52,417 (-30.9%)	$57,426 → $75,278 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$531,700 → $738,000 (+38.8%)	$240,800 → $342,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,177 (-24.9%)	$1,651 → $1,724 (+4.4%)

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

Ocean Gate

Population

1,6011,768

Median household income

$57,426$75,278

Median home value

$240,800$342,100

Median gross rent

$1,651$1,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dover Beaches North	Ocean Gate
Under 5	1.6%	0.8%
5 to 17	2.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	11.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	25.4%	19.7%
65 to 74	20.8%	17.5%
75 and over	29.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Beaches North	Ocean Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Beaches North	Ocean Gate
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Beaches North	Ocean Gate
Drove alone	67.8%	90.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Beaches North	Ocean Gate
1-unit, detached	96.3%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover Beaches North	Ocean Gate
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.8%
Average household size	1.51	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1973	1956