Forked River vs Mystic Island

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

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

Mystic Island has the higher population (7,616 vs 4,988 in Forked River). Forked River has the higher median household income ($87,455 vs $71,917 in Mystic Island). Forked River has the higher median home value ($404,600 vs $290,000 in Mystic Island).

Population, income & housing

	Forked River	Mystic Island
Population	4,988	7,616
Median age	48.1 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,455	$71,917
Median home value	$404,600	$290,000
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,786
Housing units	2,749	4,995
Homeownership rate	91.3%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forked River	Mystic Island
Population	4,761 → 4,988 (+4.8%)	8,484 → 7,616 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$76,806 → $87,455 (+13.9%)	$57,197 → $71,917 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$287,900 → $404,600 (+40.5%)	$212,500 → $290,000 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $2,071 (+43.0%)	$1,452 → $1,786 (+23.0%)

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

Mystic Island

Population

8,4847,616

Median household income

$57,197$71,917

Median home value

$212,500$290,000

Median gross rent

$1,452$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forked River	Mystic Island
Under 5	3.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	18.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	23.2%
65 to 74	14.8%	15.6%
75 and over	9.8%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forked River	Mystic Island
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forked River	Mystic Island
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	37.2%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forked River	Mystic Island
Drove alone	80.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.5%	3.6%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	8.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forked River	Mystic Island
1-unit, detached	97.9%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Forked River	Mystic Island
Poverty rate	9.7%	16.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1980	1981