Forked River vs Leisure Village West

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

Forked River and Leisure Village West 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 4,070 in Leisure Village West). Forked River has the higher median household income ($87,455 vs $60,309 in Leisure Village West). Forked River has the higher median home value ($404,600 vs $203,700 in Leisure Village West).

Population, income & housing

	Forked River	Leisure Village West
Population	4,988	4,070
Median age	48.1 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,455	$60,309
Median home value	$404,600	$203,700
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,381
Housing units	2,749	3,069
Homeownership rate	91.3%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forked River	Leisure Village West
Population	4,761 → 4,988 (+4.8%)	3,412 → 4,070 (+19.3%)
Median household income	$76,806 → $87,455 (+13.9%)	$43,636 → $60,309 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$287,900 → $404,600 (+40.5%)	$138,500 → $203,700 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $2,071 (+43.0%)	$1,130 → $1,381 (+22.2%)

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 West

Population

3,4124,070

Median household income

$43,636$60,309

Median home value

$138,500$203,700

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forked River	Leisure Village West
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	0.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	0.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	2.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	7.1%
45 to 54	18.0%	2.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.5%
65 to 74	14.8%	31.1%
75 and over	9.8%	37.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forked River	Leisure Village West
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forked River	Leisure Village West
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forked River	Leisure Village West
Drove alone	80.7%	71.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	4.1%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	10.1%
Other means	1.0%	14.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forked River	Leisure Village West
1-unit, detached	97.9%	6.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	69.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forked River	Leisure Village West
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.0%
Average household size	2.42	1.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1980	1978