Forked River vs Leisure Village

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

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

Leisure Village has the higher population (6,307 vs 4,988 in Forked River). Forked River has the higher median household income ($87,455 vs $42,705 in Leisure Village). Forked River has the higher median home value ($404,600 vs $127,000 in Leisure Village).

Population, income & housing

	Forked River	Leisure Village
Population	4,988	6,307
Median age	48.1 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,455	$42,705
Median home value	$404,600	$127,000
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,725
Housing units	2,749	3,265
Homeownership rate	91.3%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forked River	Leisure Village
Population	4,761 → 4,988 (+4.8%)	4,547 → 6,307 (+38.7%)
Median household income	$76,806 → $87,455 (+13.9%)	$42,772 → $42,705 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$287,900 → $404,600 (+40.5%)	$104,500 → $127,000 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $2,071 (+43.0%)	$1,241 → $1,725 (+39.0%)

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

Leisure Village

Population

4,5476,307

Median household income

$42,772$42,705

Median home value

$104,500$127,000

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forked River	Leisure Village
Under 5	3.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	3.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.8%	17.7%
75 and over	9.8%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forked River	Leisure Village
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	61.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	34.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forked River	Leisure Village
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forked River	Leisure Village
Drove alone	80.7%	53.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	28.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	16.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forked River	Leisure Village
1-unit, detached	97.9%	17.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	51.6%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forked River	Leisure Village
Poverty rate	9.7%	39.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1980	1968