Lavallette vs New Egypt

A side-by-side comparison of Lavallette and New Egypt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Egypt has the higher population (1,949 vs 1,836 in Lavallette). Lavallette has the higher median household income ($120,938 vs $67,633 in New Egypt). Lavallette has the higher median home value ($1,045,200 vs $356,200 in New Egypt).

Population, income & housing

	Lavallette	New Egypt
Population	1,836	1,949
Median age	61.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$120,938	$67,633
Median home value	$1,045,200	$356,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,479
Housing units	2,980	952
Homeownership rate	82.0%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavallette	New Egypt
Population	2,155 → 1,836 (-14.8%)	2,460 → 1,949 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$78,143 → $120,938 (+54.8%)	$73,522 → $67,633 (-8.0%)
Median home value	$733,200 → $1,045,200 (+42.6%)	$280,200 → $356,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $3,501 (+193.7%)	$1,074 → $1,479 (+37.7%)

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

New Egypt

Population

2,4601,949

Median household income

$73,522$67,633

Median home value

$280,200$356,200

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lavallette	New Egypt
Under 5	8.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	5.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	2.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.1%
55 to 64	24.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	20.3%	21.2%
75 and over	19.0%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavallette	New Egypt
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavallette	New Egypt
No high school diploma	2.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	20.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavallette	New Egypt
Drove alone	76.3%	97.3%
Carpooled	0.8%	2.7%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavallette	New Egypt
1-unit, detached	78.9%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	18.7%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lavallette	New Egypt
Poverty rate	2.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	39	34
Median year structure built	1967	1973