Lakewood vs Ocean Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Lakewood and Ocean Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakewood has the higher population (69,884 vs 18,689 in Ocean Acres). Ocean Acres has the higher median household income ($117,739 vs $57,576 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($618,400 vs $359,200 in Ocean Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Ocean Acres
Population	69,884	18,689
Median age	17.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,576	$117,739
Median home value	$618,400	$359,200
Median gross rent	$1,647	$2,240
Housing units	14,534	7,225
Homeownership rate	37.0%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Ocean Acres
Population	56,072 → 69,884 (+24.6%)	17,333 → 18,689 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$50,897 → $57,576 (+13.1%)	$88,750 → $117,739 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$474,400 → $618,400 (+30.4%)	$264,600 → $359,200 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,388 → $1,647 (+18.7%)	$1,853 → $2,240 (+20.9%)

Lakewood

Population

56,07269,884

Median household income

$50,897$57,576

Median home value

$474,400$618,400

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,647

Ocean Acres

Population

17,33318,689

Median household income

$88,750$117,739

Median home value

$264,600$359,200

Median gross rent

$1,853$2,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Ocean Acres
Under 5	17.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	34.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	7.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	3.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	3.1%	8.1%
75 and over	2.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Ocean Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Ocean Acres
No high school diploma	10.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Ocean Acres
Drove alone	63.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	13.3%	8.3%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	9.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Ocean Acres
1-unit, detached	34.5%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	31.6%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Ocean Acres
Poverty rate	29.3%	1.8%
Average household size	4.89	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1992	1993