Lavallette vs Seaside Park

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

Lavallette and Seaside Park 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 1,804 in Seaside Park). Lavallette has the higher median household income ($120,938 vs $83,333 in Seaside Park). Lavallette has the higher median home value ($1,045,200 vs $873,700 in Seaside Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lavallette	Seaside Park
Population	1,836	1,804
Median age	61.4 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$120,938	$83,333
Median home value	$1,045,200	$873,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,402
Housing units	2,980	2,730
Homeownership rate	82.0%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavallette	Seaside Park
Population	2,155 → 1,836 (-14.8%)	1,628 → 1,804 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$78,143 → $120,938 (+54.8%)	$77,629 → $83,333 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$733,200 → $1,045,200 (+42.6%)	$709,700 → $873,700 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $3,501 (+193.7%)	$1,322 → $1,402 (+6.1%)

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 Park

Population

1,6281,804

Median household income

$77,629$83,333

Median home value

$709,700$873,700

Median gross rent

$1,322$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lavallette	Seaside Park
Under 5	8.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	5.7%	5.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	2.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	24.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	20.3%	30.8%
75 and over	19.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavallette	Seaside Park
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavallette	Seaside Park
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.0%
High school graduate	20.7%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavallette	Seaside Park
Drove alone	76.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	1.1%
Public transit	1.8%	3.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	12.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavallette	Seaside Park
1-unit, detached	78.9%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	9.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lavallette	Seaside Park
Poverty rate	2.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.06	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	39	30
Median year structure built	1967	1959