Forked River vs Holiday City South

A side-by-side comparison of Forked River and Holiday City South: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forked River has the higher population (4,988 vs 4,294 in Holiday City South). Forked River has the higher median household income ($87,455 vs $55,298 in Holiday City South). Forked River has the higher median home value ($404,600 vs $244,300 in Holiday City South).

Population, income & housing

	Forked River	Holiday City South
Population	4,988	4,294
Median age	48.1 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,455	$55,298
Median home value	$404,600	$244,300
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,964
Housing units	2,749	2,564
Homeownership rate	91.3%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forked River	Holiday City South
Population	4,761 → 4,988 (+4.8%)	4,464 → 4,294 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$76,806 → $87,455 (+13.9%)	$45,968 → $55,298 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$287,900 → $404,600 (+40.5%)	$166,900 → $244,300 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $2,071 (+43.0%)	$1,617 → $1,964 (+21.5%)

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

Holiday City South

Population

4,4644,294

Median household income

$45,968$55,298

Median home value

$166,900$244,300

Median gross rent

$1,617$1,964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forked River	Holiday City South
Under 5	3.1%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	3.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	1.2%
25 to 34	5.3%	3.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	3.4%
45 to 54	18.0%	5.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	31.6%
75 and over	9.8%	33.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forked River	Holiday City South
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forked River	Holiday City South
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forked River	Holiday City South
Drove alone	80.7%	87.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	9.4%
Other means	1.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forked River	Holiday City South
1-unit, detached	97.9%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forked River	Holiday City South
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.42	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1980	—