Island Heights vs Lavallette

A side-by-side comparison of Island Heights and Lavallette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lavallette has the higher population (1,836 vs 1,691 in Island Heights). Lavallette has the higher median household income ($120,938 vs $107,308 in Island Heights). Lavallette has the higher median home value ($1,045,200 vs $492,600 in Island Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Island Heights	Lavallette
Population	1,691	1,836
Median age	53.2 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,308	$120,938
Median home value	$492,600	$1,045,200
Median gross rent	$1,889	$3,501
Housing units	894	2,980
Homeownership rate	92.3%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.7%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Island Heights	Lavallette
Population	1,497 → 1,691 (+13.0%)	2,155 → 1,836 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$94,464 → $107,308 (+13.6%)	$78,143 → $120,938 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$389,600 → $492,600 (+26.4%)	$733,200 → $1,045,200 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,651 → $1,889 (+14.4%)	$1,192 → $3,501 (+193.7%)

Island Heights

Population

1,4971,691

Median household income

$94,464$107,308

Median home value

$389,600$492,600

Median gross rent

$1,651$1,889

Lavallette

Population

2,1551,836

Median household income

$78,143$120,938

Median home value

$733,200$1,045,200

Median gross rent

$1,192$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Island Heights	Lavallette
Under 5	1.6%	8.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	5.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	4.1%	2.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	24.6%
65 to 74	21.4%	20.3%
75 and over	10.2%	19.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Island Heights	Lavallette
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	95.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Island Heights	Lavallette
No high school diploma	2.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	22.3%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Island Heights	Lavallette
Drove alone	78.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.8%
Public transit	1.7%	1.8%
Walked	2.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Island Heights	Lavallette
1-unit, detached	95.9%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Island Heights	Lavallette
Poverty rate	0.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	31	39
Median year structure built	1954	1967