Lavallette vs Seaside Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Lavallette and Seaside Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seaside Heights has the higher population (1,992 vs 1,836 in Lavallette). Lavallette has the higher median household income ($120,938 vs $58,988 in Seaside Heights). Lavallette has the higher median home value ($1,045,200 vs $376,700 in Seaside Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Lavallette	Seaside Heights
Population	1,836	1,992
Median age	61.4 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$120,938	$58,988
Median home value	$1,045,200	$376,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,429
Housing units	2,980	2,807
Homeownership rate	82.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavallette	Seaside Heights
Population	2,155 → 1,836 (-14.8%)	2,892 → 1,992 (-31.1%)
Median household income	$78,143 → $120,938 (+54.8%)	$57,083 → $58,988 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$733,200 → $1,045,200 (+42.6%)	$296,600 → $376,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $3,501 (+193.7%)	$1,152 → $1,429 (+24.0%)

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

Seaside Heights

Population

2,8921,992

Median household income

$57,083$58,988

Median home value

$296,600$376,700

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,429

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lavallette	Seaside Heights
Under 5	8.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	5.7%	8.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	2.6%	3.6%
35 to 44	7.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	15.9%
55 to 64	24.6%	23.2%
65 to 74	20.3%	12.8%
75 and over	19.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavallette	Seaside Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavallette	Seaside Heights
No high school diploma	2.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	20.7%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavallette	Seaside Heights
Drove alone	76.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	0.8%	2.8%
Public transit	1.8%	4.0%
Walked	2.7%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	7.6%
Other means	0.8%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavallette	Seaside Heights
1-unit, detached	78.9%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	34.3%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	17.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lavallette	Seaside Heights
Poverty rate	2.9%	34.4%
Average household size	2.06	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	1967	1956