Holiday City South vs Point Pleasant Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Holiday City South and Point Pleasant Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Holiday City South 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.

Point Pleasant Beach has the higher population (4,826 vs 4,294 in Holiday City South). Point Pleasant Beach has the higher median household income ($131,641 vs $55,298 in Holiday City South). Point Pleasant Beach has the higher median home value ($813,500 vs $244,300 in Holiday City South).

Population, income & housing

	Holiday City South	Point Pleasant Beach
Population	4,294	4,826
Median age	69.6 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,298	$131,641
Median home value	$244,300	$813,500
Median gross rent	$1,964	$1,717
Housing units	2,564	2,856
Homeownership rate	89.0%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holiday City South	Point Pleasant Beach
Population	4,464 → 4,294 (-3.8%)	4,537 → 4,826 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$45,968 → $55,298 (+20.3%)	$103,940 → $131,641 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $244,300 (+46.4%)	$608,000 → $813,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,617 → $1,964 (+21.5%)	$1,417 → $1,717 (+21.2%)

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

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)

	Holiday City South	Point Pleasant Beach
Under 5	1.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	3.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	1.2%	14.4%
25 to 34	3.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	3.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	31.6%	11.0%
75 and over	33.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holiday City South	Point Pleasant Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	83.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holiday City South	Point Pleasant Beach
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	48.0%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holiday City South	Point Pleasant Beach
Drove alone	87.3%	53.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	0.8%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	11.0%
Other means	2.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holiday City South	Point Pleasant Beach
1-unit, detached	98.3%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holiday City South	Point Pleasant Beach
Poverty rate	8.5%	11.2%
Average household size	1.78	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	—	1960