Lavallette vs Ocean Gate

A side-by-side comparison of Lavallette and Ocean Gate: population, income, housing, and more.

Lavallette and Ocean Gate 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 1,768 in Ocean Gate). Lavallette has the higher median household income ($120,938 vs $75,278 in Ocean Gate). Lavallette has the higher median home value ($1,045,200 vs $342,100 in Ocean Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Lavallette	Ocean Gate
Population	1,836	1,768
Median age	61.4 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$120,938	$75,278
Median home value	$1,045,200	$342,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,724
Housing units	2,980	1,231
Homeownership rate	82.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavallette	Ocean Gate
Population	2,155 → 1,836 (-14.8%)	1,601 → 1,768 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$78,143 → $120,938 (+54.8%)	$57,426 → $75,278 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$733,200 → $1,045,200 (+42.6%)	$240,800 → $342,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $3,501 (+193.7%)	$1,651 → $1,724 (+4.4%)

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

Ocean Gate

Population

1,6011,768

Median household income

$57,426$75,278

Median home value

$240,800$342,100

Median gross rent

$1,651$1,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lavallette	Ocean Gate
Under 5	8.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	5.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	11.8%
25 to 34	2.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	24.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	20.3%	17.5%
75 and over	19.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavallette	Ocean Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavallette	Ocean Gate
No high school diploma	2.2%	5.8%
High school graduate	20.7%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavallette	Ocean Gate
Drove alone	76.3%	90.3%
Carpooled	0.8%	1.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	7.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavallette	Ocean Gate
1-unit, detached	78.9%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lavallette	Ocean Gate
Poverty rate	2.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	39	27
Median year structure built	1967	1956