Lavallette vs Waretown

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

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

Waretown has the higher population (1,894 vs 1,836 in Lavallette). Lavallette has the higher median household income ($120,938 vs $118,450 in Waretown). Lavallette has the higher median home value ($1,045,200 vs $498,600 in Waretown).

Population, income & housing

	Lavallette	Waretown
Population	1,836	1,894
Median age	61.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$120,938	$118,450
Median home value	$1,045,200	$498,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	2,980	852
Homeownership rate	82.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavallette	Waretown
Population	2,155 → 1,836 (-14.8%)	1,964 → 1,894 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$78,143 → $120,938 (+54.8%)	$71,204 → $118,450 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$733,200 → $1,045,200 (+42.6%)	$275,800 → $498,600 (+80.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $3,501 (+193.7%)	$1,585 → $1,875 (+18.3%)

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

Waretown

Population

1,9641,894

Median household income

$71,204$118,450

Median home value

$275,800$498,600

Median gross rent

$1,585$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lavallette	Waretown
Under 5	8.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	5.7%	27.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	2.4%
25 to 34	2.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	18.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	24.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	20.3%	13.9%
75 and over	19.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavallette	Waretown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavallette	Waretown
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	20.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavallette	Waretown
Drove alone	76.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.8%	5.0%
Public transit	1.8%	2.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavallette	Waretown
1-unit, detached	78.9%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lavallette	Waretown
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	39	46
Median year structure built	1967	1967