Lakewood vs Point Pleasant

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

Lakewood and Point Pleasant 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 19,158 in Point Pleasant). Point Pleasant has the higher median household income ($108,713 vs $57,576 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($618,400 vs $523,400 in Point Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Point Pleasant
Population	69,884	19,158
Median age	17.3 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,576	$108,713
Median home value	$618,400	$523,400
Median gross rent	$1,647	$1,969
Housing units	14,534	8,522
Homeownership rate	37.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Point Pleasant
Population	56,072 → 69,884 (+24.6%)	18,598 → 19,158 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$50,897 → $57,576 (+13.1%)	$98,401 → $108,713 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$474,400 → $618,400 (+30.4%)	$386,200 → $523,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,388 → $1,647 (+18.7%)	$1,634 → $1,969 (+20.5%)

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

Point Pleasant

Population

18,59819,158

Median household income

$98,401$108,713

Median home value

$386,200$523,400

Median gross rent

$1,634$1,969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Point Pleasant
Under 5	17.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	34.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	3.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	3.1%	12.2%
75 and over	2.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Point Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Point Pleasant
No high school diploma	10.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	29.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Point Pleasant
Drove alone	63.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	4.9%
Public transit	2.2%	1.2%
Walked	5.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	3.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	12.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Point Pleasant
1-unit, detached	34.5%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	31.6%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	8.7%
20 or more units	13.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Point Pleasant
Poverty rate	29.3%	3.8%
Average household size	4.89	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1992	1968