Forked River vs Point Pleasant Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Forked River and Point Pleasant Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Forked River and Point Pleasant Beach 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 4,826 in Point Pleasant Beach). Point Pleasant Beach has the higher median household income ($131,641 vs $87,455 in Forked River). Point Pleasant Beach has the higher median home value ($813,500 vs $404,600 in Forked River).

Population, income & housing

	Forked River	Point Pleasant Beach
Population	4,988	4,826
Median age	48.1 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,455	$131,641
Median home value	$404,600	$813,500
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,717
Housing units	2,749	2,856
Homeownership rate	91.3%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forked River	Point Pleasant Beach
Population	4,761 → 4,988 (+4.8%)	4,537 → 4,826 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$76,806 → $87,455 (+13.9%)	$103,940 → $131,641 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$287,900 → $404,600 (+40.5%)	$608,000 → $813,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $2,071 (+43.0%)	$1,417 → $1,717 (+21.2%)

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

Point Pleasant Beach

Population

4,5374,826

Median household income

$103,940$131,641

Median home value

$608,000$813,500

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forked River	Point Pleasant Beach
Under 5	3.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	14.4%
25 to 34	5.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	18.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	18.5%
65 to 74	14.8%	11.0%
75 and over	9.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forked River	Point Pleasant Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forked River	Point Pleasant Beach
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	37.2%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forked River	Point Pleasant Beach
Drove alone	80.7%	53.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.5%	6.1%
Walked	2.0%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	11.3%	11.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forked River	Point Pleasant Beach
1-unit, detached	97.9%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forked River	Point Pleasant Beach
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1980	1960