Dover Beaches South vs Ocean Gate

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

Dover Beaches South 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 1,520 in Dover Beaches South). Dover Beaches South has the higher median household income ($105,536 vs $75,278 in Ocean Gate). Dover Beaches South has the higher median home value ($688,400 vs $342,100 in Ocean Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Beaches South	Ocean Gate
Population	1,520	1,768
Median age	63.4 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,536	$75,278
Median home value	$688,400	$342,100
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,724
Housing units	2,428	1,231
Homeownership rate	92.6%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Beaches South	Ocean Gate
Population	1,243 → 1,520 (+22.3%)	1,601 → 1,768 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$79,796 → $105,536 (+32.3%)	$57,426 → $75,278 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$522,600 → $688,400 (+31.7%)	$240,800 → $342,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,695 → $1,750 (+3.2%)	$1,651 → $1,724 (+4.4%)

Dover Beaches South

Population

1,2431,520

Median household income

$79,796$105,536

Median home value

$522,600$688,400

Median gross rent

$1,695$1,750

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 South	Ocean Gate
Under 5	0.5%	0.8%
5 to 17	5.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	2.1%	11.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	4.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.7%
55 to 64	27.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	30.7%	17.5%
75 and over	16.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Beaches South	Ocean Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	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	1.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Beaches South	Ocean Gate
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	18.5%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Beaches South	Ocean Gate
Drove alone	79.2%	90.3%
Carpooled	1.1%	1.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	7.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Beaches South	Ocean Gate
1-unit, detached	70.5%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dover Beaches South	Ocean Gate
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.8%
Average household size	1.88	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1987	1956