Lakehurst vs Pine Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Lakehurst and Pine Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakehurst has the higher population (2,666 vs 2,378 in Pine Beach). Pine Beach has the higher median household income ($121,333 vs $80,458 in Lakehurst). Pine Beach has the higher median home value ($438,300 vs $225,800 in Lakehurst).

Population, income & housing

	Lakehurst	Pine Beach
Population	2,666	2,378
Median age	39.4 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,458	$121,333
Median home value	$225,800	$438,300
Median gross rent	$1,637	$1,219
Housing units	1,069	1,065
Homeownership rate	64.2%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakehurst	Pine Beach
Population	2,684 → 2,666 (-0.7%)	2,278 → 2,378 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$68,322 → $80,458 (+17.8%)	$92,772 → $121,333 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$190,300 → $225,800 (+18.7%)	$331,700 → $438,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $1,637 (-3.1%)	$1,435 → $1,219 (-15.1%)

Lakehurst

Population

2,6842,666

Median household income

$68,322$80,458

Median home value

$190,300$225,800

Median gross rent

$1,689$1,637

Pine Beach

Population

2,2782,378

Median household income

$92,772$121,333

Median home value

$331,700$438,300

Median gross rent

$1,435$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakehurst	Pine Beach
Under 5	6.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	3.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	21.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	21.4%
75 and over	4.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakehurst	Pine Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	87.4%
Black or African American	9.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakehurst	Pine Beach
No high school diploma	12.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	45.1%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakehurst	Pine Beach
Drove alone	83.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.9%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakehurst	Pine Beach
1-unit, detached	57.7%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	19.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakehurst	Pine Beach
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1965	1958